[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2010-089 - Simplenews Content Selection - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-089
  * Project: Simplenews content selection (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2010-August-18
  * Security risk: Less critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross site scripting

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

This module allows you to select content from your website and send a
newsletter with the selected content. The module does not sanitize some of
the user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a Cross Site
Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability that may lead to a malicious user gaining
full administrative access.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Simplenews Content Selection module 6.x-1.5

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Simplenews
Content Selection [2] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION  
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Install the latest version:
  * If you use the Simplenews Content Selection module for Drupal 6.x upgrade
    to Simplenews Content Selection 6.x-1.6 [3]

See also the Simplenews Content Selection project page [4].
-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Henry Sudhof [5].

-------- FIXED BY  
------------------------------------------------------------

  * De Waele Dieter [6], module maintainer

-------- CONTACT  
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The Drupal security team [7] 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/simplenews_content_selection
[3] http://drupal.org/node/887110
[4] http://drupal.org/project/simplenews_content_selection
[5] http://drupal.org/user/730666
[6] http://drupal.org/user/253145
[7] http://drupal.org/security-team