[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-093 - Temporary Invitation - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-093
  * Project: Temporary Invitation (third-party module)
  * Version: 5.x
  * Date: 2009 November 4
  * Security risk: Less Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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The Temporary Invitation module enables site users to invite guests for a
limited timespan. For each invitation, a new user is created, together with a
login code (e.g. "EbN2F3") that the user can use to log in. The module fails
to sanitize a value in Name field which is included in the invitation,
leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Temporary Invitation module for Drupal 5.x prior to Temporary Invitation
    5.x-2.3 [2]

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Temporary
invitation module [3], there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Upgrade to the latest version:
  * If you use Temporary Invitation module for Drupal 5.x upgrade to version
    5.x-2.3 [4]

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Reported by Wolfgang Ziegler [5], the module maintainer.

-------- FIXED BY  
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  * Fixed by Wolfgang Ziegler [6], the module maintainer.

-------- CONTACT  
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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/node/623018
[3] http://drupal.org/project/temporary_invitation
[4] http://drupal.org/node/623018
[5] http://drupal.org/user/16747
[6] http://drupal.org/user/16747