* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-007 * Project: Password policy [1] (third-party module) * Version: 6.x * Date: 2012-January-11 * Security risk: Moderately critical [2] * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery

-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------

This module enables you to specify a certain level of password complexity (aka. "password hardening") for user passwords on a system by defining a policy.

.... Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Unblocking a user does not require sufficient confirmation by administrative users and can be exploited with a specially crafted URL.

.... Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize the name of password policies. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "administer policies".

This issue also affects the 7.x branch which is only in beta release. Users of non-stable releases are encouraged to upgrade frequently as those releases are not covered by the Drupal Security Team policy [3].

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------

* Password Policy 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.4.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Password policy [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version:

* If you use the Password Policy module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Password Policy 6.x-1.4 [5].

Clear the site's cache: visit Administer > Site Configuration > Performance and click "Clear cached data."

See also the Password policy [6] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------

* Greg Knaddison [7] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------

* Erik Webb [8] the module co-maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY ------------------------------------------------------

* Greg Knaddison [9] 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 [10].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [11], writing secure code for Drupal [12], and securing your site [13].

[1] http://drupal.org/project/password_policy [2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels [3] http://drupal.org/security-advisory-policy [4] http://drupal.org/project/password_policy [5] http://drupal.org/node/1401654 [6] http://drupal.org/project/password_policy [7] http://drupal.org/user/36762 [8] http://drupal.org/user/273404 [9] http://drupal.org/user/36762 [10] http://drupal.org/contact [11] http://drupal.org/security-team [12] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code [13] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration