* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-068 * Project: Masquerade (third-party module) * Version: 5.x, 6.x * Date: 2010-June-23 * Security risk: Not critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery
-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
The masquerade module is designed as a tool for site designers and administrators, allowing a user with the right permissions to temporarily masquerade as another user. The module is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgeries (CSRF [1]) via the masquerade/switch and masquerade/unswitch paths. -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* The unsupported Masquerade module for Drupal 5.x versions * Masquerade module for Drupal 6.x versions prior to 6.x-1.4
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Masquerade [2] module, there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version: * If you use the unsupported Masquerade module for Drupal 5.x, either disable the module or upgrade to the latest 6.x versions of Drupal core and the Masquerade module. * If you use the Masquerade module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Masquerade 6.x-1.4 [3]
See also the Masquerade project page [4]. -------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
* Ivo Van Geertruyen (mr.baileys [5]) of the Drupal security team * Peter Wolanin (pwolanin [6]) of the Drupal security team
-------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
* Andrew Berry (deviantintegral [7]), module co-maintainer * Allen Freeman (afreeman [8]) * Ivo Van Geertruyen (mr.baileys [9]) of the Drupal security team
-------- CONTACT -------------------------------------------------------------
The Drupal security team [10] can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csrf [2] http://drupal.org/project/masquerade [3] http://drupal.org/node/835692 [4] http://drupal.org/project/Masquerade [5] http://drupal.org/user/383424 [6] http://drupal.org/user/49851 [7] http://drupal.org/user/71291 [8] http://drupal.org/user/450370 [9] http://drupal.org/user/383424 [10] http://drupal.org/security-team