[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-057 - Date - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-057
  * Project: Date (third-party module)
  * Version: 5.x, 6.x
  * Date: 2009-September-16
  * Security risk: Moderately critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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The Date module provides a date CCK field that can be added to any content
type. The Date module does not properly escape user data correctly in some
cases when setting the page title. A malicious user with permission to post
date content could attempt a cross site scripting [1] (XSS) attack when
creating or editing content, leading to the user gaining full administrative
access.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Date for Drupal 6.x prior to 6.x-2.4
  * Date for Drupal 6.x prior to 5.x-2.8

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

Upgrade to the latest version:
  * If you use Date for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Date 6.x-2.4 [2]
  * If you use Date for Drupal 5.x upgrade to Date 5.x-2.8 [3]

See also the Date project page [4].
-------- REPORTED BY  
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The Acquia, Inc. support team
-------- FIXED BY  
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Karen Stevenson [5], the project maintainer.
-------- CONTACT  
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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/579000
[3] http://drupal.org/node/578998
[4] http://drupal.org/project/date
[5] http://drupal.org/user/45874