[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-099 - RootCandy Theme - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-099
  * Project: RootCandy (third-party theme)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2009-November-11
  * Security risk: Moderately Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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RootCandy is a theme specifically designed for use in the administration
section. The theme fails to sanitize a URL value, leading to a Cross Site
Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * RootCandy theme for Drupal 6.x prior to RootCandy 6.x-1.5 [2]

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

Upgrade to the latest version:
  * If you use the RootCandy theme for Drupal 6.x upgrade to RootCandy 6.x-1.5
    [4]

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Reported by Jim McIntyre

-------- FIXED BY  
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  * Fixed by Marek Sotak [5], the theme 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/629894
[3] http://drupal.org/project/rootcandy
[4] http://drupal.org/node/629894
[5] http://drupal.org/user/37679