[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2010-007 - Control Panel - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-007
  * Project: Control Panel (third-party module)
  * Version: 5.x, 6.x
  * Date: 2010-January-20
  * Security risk: Less Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

The Control Panel module enables users to add a new graphical control panel
page. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before
displaying it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability.
Only users with the 'administer blocks' permission are able to exploit this
vulnerability.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Control Panel module 5.x-1.5 and prior versions
  * Control Panel module 6.x-1.2 and prior versions

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

The Drupal 5.x version of this module is no longer supported and should be
disabled. For Drupal 6.x, install the latest version:
  * If you use Control Panel module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Control Panel
    6.x-1.3 [3]

See also the Control Panel project page [4].
-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Reported by Dylan Wilder-Tack [5] of the Drupal Security Team

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

  * Dylan Wilder-Tack [6]

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

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/controlpanel
[3] http://drupal.org/node/686428
[4] http://drupal.org/project/controlpanel
[5] http://drupal.org/user/96647
[6] http://drupal.org/user/96647