[Security-news] Password Policy - Critical - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) - SA-CONTRIB-2015-090

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2463835

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-090
   * Project: Password policy [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 6.x, 7.x
   * Date: 2015-April-01
   * Security risk: 15/25 ( Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:None/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Default [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

The Password Policy module allows enforcing restrictions on user passwords by
defining password policies.

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize usernames in some administration
pages, thereby exposing a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that only sites with a policy
that uses the username constraint are affected. Also, only sites importing
users from an external source (like distributed authentication) may allow
non-standard usernames that might contain malicious characters, as Drupal
core has validation when creating users via the user interface.


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

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * Password Policy 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.11.
   * Password Policy 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.11.

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

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Password Policy 6.x-1.x module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to
     Password Policy 6.x-1.11 [5]
   * If you use the Password Policy 7.x-1.x module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to
     Password Policy 7.x-1.11 [6]

Also see the Password policy [7] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * AohRveTPV [8], the module maintainer

-------- FIXED BY
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   * AohRveTPV [9], the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Pere Orga [10] 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 [11].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [12], writing
secure code for Drupal [13], and  securing your site [14].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [15]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/password_policy
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/password_policy
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2463329
[6] https://www.drupal.org/node/2463327
[7] https://www.drupal.org/project/password_policy
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/aohrveptv
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/aohrvetpv
[10] https://www.drupal.org/user/2301194
[11] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[12] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[13] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[14] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[15] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity