[Security-news] DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-002 Cross site scripting in Currency Exchange

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-002
  * Project: Currency Exchange (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2009-January-6
  * Security risk: Moderately Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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This module provides a site with the ability to display currency exchange
rates. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before
logging it to the watchdog, leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS [1])
vulnerability.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Currency Exchange version prior to 6.x-1.2

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Currency
Exchange [2] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version: upgrade to Currency Exchange 6.x-1.2 [3]. See
also the Currency Exchange module project page [4].
-------- REPORTED BY  
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mr.baileys [5]
-------- FIXED BY  
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mr.baileys [6] and kbahey [7] one of the module's maintainers.
-------- 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/project/currency
[3] http://drupal.org/node/676214
[4] http://drupal.org/project/currency
[5] http://drupal.org/user/383424
[6] http://drupal.org/user/383424
[7] http://drupal.org/user/4063