[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-039 - Language Icons - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-039
  * Project: Language icons [1] (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x, 7.x
  * Date: 2012-March-14
  * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

The Language icons module adds icons to language links generated by the
Locale and Content Translation modules in core.
The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before displaying
it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [3]) vulnerability. This
vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with
the permission "administer languages".

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Language icons 6.x-2.x versions prior to 6.x-2.1.
  * Language icons 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.0.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Language icons
[4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

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

Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Language icons module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Language
    icons 6.x-2.1 [5]
  * If you use the Language icons module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Language
    icons 7.x-1.0 [6]

See also the Language icons [7] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY  
---------------------------------------------------------

  * Jose Reyero [8] the original module author
  * Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen [9] the current module maintainer

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

  * Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen [10] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY  
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  * Greg Knaddison [11] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- 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 [12].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [13], writing
secure code for Drupal [14], and securing your site [15].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/languageicons
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting
[4] http://drupal.org/project/languageicons
[5] http://drupal.org/node/1482144
[6] http://drupal.org/node/1482136
[7] http://drupal.org/project/languageicons
[8] http://drupal.org/user/4299
[9] http://drupal.org/user/27504
[10] http://drupal.org/user/27504
[11] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[12] http://drupal.org/contact
[13] http://drupal.org/security-team
[14] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[15] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration