[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-005 - Vote up/down - Cross Site Scripting

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-005
  * Project: Vote Up/Down [1] (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2012-January-11
  * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

This module enables you to add voting widgets to nodes, terms and comments.
The vud_term sub-module doesn't sufficiently sanitize taxonomy terms before
display.
In order to execute arbitrary script injection malicious users must have the
ability to create or edit taxonomy terms.

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
---------------------------------------------------

  * Vote up/down 6.x-2.x versions prior to 6.x-2.8 [3].
  * Vote up/down 6.x-3.x versions prior to 6.x-3.1 [4].

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Vote Up/Down
[5] module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version:

  * If you use a 6.x-2.x version of Vote up/down module for Drupal 6.x,
    upgrade to Vote up/down 6.x-2.8 [6].
  * If you use a 6.x-3.x version of Vote up/down module for Drupal 6.x,
    upgrade to Vote up/down 6.x-3.1 [7].

See also the Vote Up/Down [8] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Justin C. Klein Keane [9]

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

  * Marco Villegas [10] the module maintainer
  * Greg Knaddison [11] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- COORDINATED BY  
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  * Greg Knaddison [12], Drupal security team member

-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION  
----------------------------------------

The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the
contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [13].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [14], writing
secure code for Drupal [15], and securing your site [16].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/vote_up_down
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://drupal.org/node/1400528
[4] http://drupal.org/node/1400530
[5] http://drupal.org/project/vote_up_down
[6] http://drupal.org/node/1400528
[7] http://drupal.org/node/1400530
[8] http://drupal.org/project/vote_up_down
[9] http://drupal.org/user/302225
[10] http://drupal.org/user/132175
[11] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[12] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[13] http://drupal.org/contact
[14] http://drupal.org/security-team
[15] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[16] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration