[Security-news] Select2 Field Widget - Critical - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) - SA-CONTRIB-2015-173

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2636352

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-173
   * Project: Select2 Field Widget [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2015-December-16
   * Security risk: 17/25 ( Critical)
     AC:None/A:None/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Default [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

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

Select2 Field Widget module enables you to use the select2 library for field
widgets.

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize some user supplied text, leading to
a reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS).


-------- 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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   * Select2 Field Widget 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.8.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Select2 Field
Widget [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Select2 Field Widget module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to
     Select2 Field Widget 7.x-2.9 [5]

Also see the Select2 Field Widget [6] project page.

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

   * kris84 [7]
   * jbylsma [8]

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

   * kris84 [9]
   * Zoltán Kisgyörgy [10], module maintainer
   * Zoltan Keresztes [11], module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
------------------------------------------------------

   * Pere Orga [12] 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 [13].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [14], writing
secure code for Drupal [15], and  securing your site [16].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [17]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/select2widget
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/select2widget
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2636114
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/select2widget
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/142812
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/jbylsma
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/142812
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/k_zoltan
[11] https://www.drupal.org/user/2768895
[12] https://www.drupal.org/user/2301194
[13] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[14] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[15] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[16] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[17] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity