View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2378279
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-111 * Project: Protected Pages [1] (third-party module) * Version: 7.x * Date: 2014-November-19 * Security risk: 11/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:None/CI:Some/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:Uncommon [2] * Vulnerability: Access bypass
-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
Protected Pages modules allows the administrator to secure any page in your website by password by configuring a add path and the associated password.
The module did not sufficiently protect variations on the protected path.
-------- CVE IDENTIFIER(S) ISSUED --------------------------------------------
* /A CVE identifier [3] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes./
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* Protected Pages 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.2.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Protected Pages [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version:
* Upgrade to protected_pages 7.x-2.4 [5]
Also see the Protected Pages [6] project page.
-------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
* Olaf Grabienski [7]
-------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
* Varun Mishra [8] the module maintainer
-------- COORDINATED BY ------------------------------------------------------
* Greg Knaddison [9] of the Drupal Security Team * Michael Hess [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 https://www.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].
Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [15]
[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_pages [2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels [3] http://cve.mitre.org/ [4] https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_pages [5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2353451 [6] https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_pages [7] https://www.drupal.org/user/77861 [8] https://www.drupal.org/user/168948 [9] https://www.drupal.org/user/36762 [10] https://www.drupal.org/user/102818 [11] https://www.drupal.org/contact [12] https://www.drupal.org/security-team [13] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code [14] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration [15] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity