[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2010-008 - Recent Comments - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-008
  * Project: Recent Comments (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x-1.0, 5.x-1.2
  * Date: 2010-January-20
  * Security risk: Less Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

Recent Comments module provides a high-performance, fully themable block of
recent comments. This release includes a fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS
[1]) vulnerability in which JavaScript could be inserted in the title of the
Recent Comments block via a custom block title interface. This custom title
interface has been removed, as Drupal 5.x and later allow overriding the a
block's title from its configuration screen.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
---------------------------------------------------

  * Recent Comments module 5.x-1.2 and prior versions
  * Recent Comments module 6.x-1.0 and prior versions

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

Install the latest version:
  * If you use the Recent Comments module for Drupal 5.x upgrade to Recent
    Comments 5.x-1.3 [2]
  * If you use the Recent Comments module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Recent
    Comments 6.x-1.1 [3]

See also the Recent Comments [4] page.
-------- REPORTED BY  
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Dylan Tack [5] of the Drupal Security Team.
-------- FIXED BY  
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Dylan Tack [6] of the Drupal Security Team and Todd Nienkerk [7].
-------- 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/688636
[3] http://drupal.org/node/688632
[4] http://drupal.org/project/recent_comments
[5] http://drupal.org/user/96647
[6] http://drupal.org/user/96647
[7] http://drupal.org/user/92096