[Security-news] Search API Autocomplete - Moderately Critical - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) - SA-CONTRIB-2015-140

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2553977

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-140
   * Project: Search API Autocomplete [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2015-August-19
   * Security risk: 6/25 ( Less Critical)
     AC:Complex/A:User/CI:None/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:Default [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

This module enables you to add autocomplete suggestions for search forms
created with the Search API module [3].

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize the HTML output for the returned
suggestions, theoretically allowing an attacker to include custom HTML there.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role
with the permission to create new content (or other indexed entities) and
that the search index must be configured to use the HTML filter processor.


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

   * /A CVE identifier [4] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in
     accordance with Drupal Security Team processes./

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * Search API Autocomplete 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.3.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Search API
Autocomplete [5] module, there is nothing you need to do.

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Search API Autocomplete module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to
     Search API Autocomplete 7.x-1.3 [6]

Also see the Search API Autocomplete [7] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * Thomas Seidl [8] the module maintainer

-------- FIXED BY
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   * Thomas Seidl [9] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Klaus Purer [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/search_api_autocomplete
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api
[4] http://cve.mitre.org/
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_autocomplete
[6] https://www.drupal.org/node/2553485
[7] https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_autocomplete
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/drunken-monkey
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/drunken-monkey
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/klausi
[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