[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-105 - Subgroups for Organic Groups - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-105
  * Project: Subgroups for Organic Groups (third-party module)
  * Version: 5.x
  * Date: 2009-November-18
  * Security risk: Less Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

The Subgroups For Organic Groups module enables users to set group hierarchy.
The module does not filter the titles of some nodes before output, leading to
a cross-site scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Subgroups For Organic Groups versions for Drupal 5.x prior to 5.x-4.0

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Subgroups For
Organic Groups module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Upgrade to the latest version:
  * If you use the Subgroups For Organic Groups 3.3 release for Drupal 5.x
    upgrade to version 5.x-3.4 [2]
  * If you use the Subgroups For Organic Groups 2.0 release for Drupal 5.x
    upgrade to versions 5.x-3.4 [3] or 5.x-4.0 [4]

See also the Subgroups For Organic Groups [5] project page.
-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * The vulnerability was reported by Greg Knaddison [6]

-------- FIXED BY  
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  * XSS vulnerability fixed by Ezra Barnett Gildesgame [7], Subgroups For
    Organic Groups module maintainer

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

The security contact 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/630004
[3] http://drupal.org/node/630004
[4] http://drupal.org/node/270602
[5] http://drupal.org/project/og_subgroups
[6] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[7] http://drupal.org/user/69959