View online: http://drupal.org/node/1775470
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-137 * Project: Heartbeat [1] (third-party module) * Version: 6.x, 7.x * Date: 2012-September-5 * Security risk: Moderately critical [2] * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery
-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
This module enables you to display activity for events on a site. The module doesn't sufficiently check the heartbeat comment post values making it possible for an attacker to cause a user to unknowingly make comments.
CVE: Requested
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* heartbeat_comments 6.x-4.x versions prior to 6.x-4.11. * heartbeat_comments 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.0.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Heartbeat [3] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version:
* If you use the heartbeat_comments or shouts module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to heartbeat 6.x-4.12 [4] * If you use the heartbeat_comments module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to heartbeat 7.x-1.1 [5]
Also see the Heartbeat [6] project page.
-------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
* Greg Knaddison [7] of the Drupal Security Team
-------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
* Stalski [8] the module maintainer
-------- COORDINATED BY ------------------------------------------------------
* Greg Knaddison [9] of the Drupal Security Team * Matt Chapman [10] of the Drupal Security Team
-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION ----------------------------------------
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [11].
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [12], writing secure code for Drupal [13], and securing your site [14].
[1] http://drupal.org/project/heartbeat [2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels [3] http://drupal.org/project/heartbeat [4] http://drupal.org/node/1774140 [5] http://drupal.org/node/1774160 [6] http://drupal.org/project/heartbeat [7] http://drupal.org/user/36762 [8] http://drupal.org/user/322618 [9] http://drupal.org/user/36762 [10] http://drupal.org/user/143172 [11] http://drupal.org/contact [12] http://drupal.org/security-team [13] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code [14] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration