[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-114 - Automated Logout - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-114
  * Project: Automated Logout (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2009-December-23
  * Security risk: Moderately Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

This module provides a site administrator the ability to log users out after
a specified time of inactivity. The module does not sanitize some of the
user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a cross-site scripting
(XSS [1]) vulnerability. Users who can take advantage of this vulnerability
could gain administrator access to a site. This vulnerability is mitigated by
the fact that the attacker must have a role with the 'administer autologout'
permission.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Automated Logout module 6.x-1.6 and prior versions on the 6.x-1.x branch
  * Automated Logout module 6.x-2.2 and prior versions on the 6.x-2.x branch

Note that the Drupal 5 version of the Automated Logout module is also
affected, but the attacker must have a role with the 'administer site
configuration' permission. The 'administer site configuration' permission is
inherently unsafe and should only be granted to trusted users; therefore,
this issue is not considered a security vulnerability for Drupal 5 (see
http://drupal.org/node/475848). Drupal core is not affected. If you do not
use the contributed Automated Logout [2] module, there is nothing you need to
do.
-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version:
  * If you use the Automated Logout module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to either
    Automated Logout 6.x-1.7 [3] or Automated Logout 6.x-2.3 [4]

See also the Automated Logout module project page [5].
-------- REPORTED BY  
---------------------------------------------------------

mr.baileys [6]
-------- FIXED BY  
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jvandervort [7], one of the Automated Logout module 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/autologout
[3] http://drupal.org/node/667084
[4] http://drupal.org/node/667086
[5] http://drupal.org/project/autologout
[6] http://drupal.org/user/383424
[7] http://drupal.org/user/35604