* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-007 * Project: Control Panel (third-party module) * Version: 5.x, 6.x * Date: 2010-January-20 * Security risk: Less Critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting -------- DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------- The Control Panel module enables users to add a new graphical control panel page. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability. Only users with the 'administer blocks' permission are able to exploit this vulnerability. -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED --------------------------------------------------- * Control Panel module 5.x-1.5 and prior versions * Control Panel module 6.x-1.2 and prior versions Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Control Panel [2] module, there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------ The Drupal 5.x version of this module is no longer supported and should be disabled. For Drupal 6.x, install the latest version: * If you use Control Panel module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Control Panel 6.x-1.3 [3] See also the Control Panel project page [4]. -------- REPORTED BY --------------------------------------------------------- * Reported by Dylan Wilder-Tack [5] of the Drupal Security Team -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------ * Dylan Wilder-Tack [6] -------- 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/project/controlpanel [3] http://drupal.org/node/686428 [4] http://drupal.org/project/controlpanel [5] http://drupal.org/user/96647 [6] http://drupal.org/user/96647