* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-089 * Project: Simplenews content selection (third-party module) * Version: 6.x * Date: 2010-August-18 * Security risk: Less critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross site scripting

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

This module allows you to select content from your website and send a newsletter with the selected content. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability that may lead to a malicious user gaining full administrative access. -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------

* Simplenews Content Selection module 6.x-1.5

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Simplenews Content Selection [2] module, there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version: * If you use the Simplenews Content Selection module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Simplenews Content Selection 6.x-1.6 [3]

See also the Simplenews Content Selection project page [4]. -------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------

* Henry Sudhof [5].

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

* De Waele Dieter [6], module maintainer

-------- CONTACT -------------------------------------------------------------

The Drupal security team [7] 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/simplenews_content_selection [3] http://drupal.org/node/887110 [4] http://drupal.org/project/simplenews_content_selection [5] http://drupal.org/user/730666 [6] http://drupal.org/user/253145 [7] http://drupal.org/security-team