* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-099 * Project: RootCandy (third-party theme) * Version: 6.x * Date: 2009-November-11 * Security risk: Moderately Critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting -------- DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------- RootCandy is a theme specifically designed for use in the administration section. The theme fails to sanitize a URL value, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability. -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED --------------------------------------------------- * RootCandy theme for Drupal 6.x prior to RootCandy 6.x-1.5 [2] Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed RootCandy theme [3], there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------ Upgrade to the latest version: * If you use the RootCandy theme for Drupal 6.x upgrade to RootCandy 6.x-1.5 [4] -------- REPORTED BY --------------------------------------------------------- * Reported by Jim McIntyre -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------ * Fixed by Marek Sotak [5], the theme maintainer -------- CONTACT ------------------------------------------------------------- The security team for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [2] http://drupal.org/node/629894 [3] http://drupal.org/project/rootcandy [4] http://drupal.org/node/629894 [5] http://drupal.org/user/37679