* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-002 * Project: Currency Exchange (third-party module) * Version: 6.x * Date: 2009-January-6 * Security risk: Moderately Critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
This module provides a site with the ability to display currency exchange rates. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before logging it to the watchdog, leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability. -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* Currency Exchange version prior to 6.x-1.2
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Currency Exchange [2] module, there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version: upgrade to Currency Exchange 6.x-1.2 [3]. See also the Currency Exchange module project page [4]. -------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
mr.baileys [5] -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
mr.baileys [6] and kbahey [7] one of the module's maintainers. -------- 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/currency [3] http://drupal.org/node/676214 [4] http://drupal.org/project/currency [5] http://drupal.org/user/383424 [6] http://drupal.org/user/383424 [7] http://drupal.org/user/4063