[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2014-123 - Postal Code - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2390857

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-123
   * Project: Postal Code [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2014-December-10
   * Security risk: 14/25 ( Moderately Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:User/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

The Postal Code module enables you to implement postal code validation for
several countries.

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize certain data in the admin thereby
opening a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role
with a permission that allows adding or editing fields to entity types such
as "administer taxonomy terms" or "administer content types".


-------- CVE IDENTIFIER(S) ISSUED
--------------------------------------------

   * /A CVE identifier [3] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in
     accordance
            with Drupal Security Team processes./

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * Postal Code 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.9.

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

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Postal Code module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Postal Code
     7.x-1.9 [5]

Also see the Postal Code [6] project page.

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

   * Matt Vance [7] (provisional member of the Drupal Security Team)

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

   * Jeremy Edgell [8] the module maintainer
   * Matt Vance [9] (provisional member of the Drupal Security Team)

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Lee Rowlands [10] of the Drupal Security Team
   * Ben Dougherty [11] provisional member 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 https://www.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].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [16]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/postal_code
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/postal_code
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2390323
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/postal_code
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/88338
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/1854054
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/88338
[10] https://www.drupal.org/user/395439
[11] https://www.drupal.org/user/1852732
[12] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[13] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[14] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[15] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[16] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity