[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2014-073- Date - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2312609

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-073
   * Project: Date [1] (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2014-July-30
   * Security risk: Moderately Critical [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

Date module provides flexible date/time field type Date field and a Date API
that other modules can use.

The module incorrectly prints date field titles without proper sanitization
thereby opening a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

The vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a
permission to create Date fields, such as "administer taxonomy" to add date
fields on taxonomy terms.


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

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the date module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Date 7.x-2.8 [5]

Also see the Date [6] project page.

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

   * Lucas D Hedding [7]

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

   * Vijayachandran Mani [8] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Klaus Purer [9] 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 [10].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [11], writing
secure code for Drupal [12], and securing your site [13].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/date
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] http://drupal.org/project/date
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2311887
[6] http://drupal.org/project/date
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/1463982
[8] http://drupal.org/user/93488
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/262198
[10] http://drupal.org/contact
[11] http://drupal.org/security-team
[12] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[13] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration