[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-025 - Cool aid; Editable help messages - Multiple vulnerabilities

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-025
  * Project: Cool aid; Editable help messages [1] (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2012-February-29
  * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Access bypass, Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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Cool aid is a Drupal module that allows users to add custom help messages to
Drupal pages. The module did not properly clean user input before displaying
it, and did not properly check for access permissions, allowing users with
"administer coolaid" to inject scripts anywhere on a site.

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Cool aid 6.x-1.x prior to 6.x-1.6

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Cool aid;
Editable help messages [3] module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION  
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Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Cool aid module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Cool aid
    6.x-1.9. [4]

See also the Cool aid; Editable help messages [5] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Ivo Van Geertruyen [6]

-------- FIXED BY  
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  * Daniel Braksator [7] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY  
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  * Michael Hess [8] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION  
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The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the
contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [9].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [10], writing
secure code for Drupal [11], and securing your site [12].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/coolaid
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://drupal.org/project/coolaid
[4] http://drupal.org/node/1417186
[5] http://drupal.org/project/coolaid
[6] http://drupal.org/user/383424
[7] http://drupal.org/user/134005
[8] http://drupal.org/user/102818
[9] http://drupal.org/contact
[10] http://drupal.org/security-team
[11] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[12] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration