[Security-news] Prepopulate - Moderately Critical - Multiple Vulnerabilities - SA-CONTRIB-2016-009

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2679503

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2016-009
   * Project: Prepopulate [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2016-March-02
   * Security risk: 13/25 ( Moderately Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:None/CI:None/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
   * Vulnerability: Multiple vulnerabilities

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

The Prepopulate module allows form fields to be pre-populated in the request.

The Prepopulate module does not adequately prevent a user from overwriting
arbitrary parts of $_REQUEST. It also does not prevent pre-populating certain
fields that are not displayed or manipulating markup fields to alter elements
of the user interface.


-------- 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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   * Prepopulate 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.1.

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

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Prepopulate module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to  Prepopulate
     7.x-2.1 [5]

Also see the Prepopulate [6] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * Neil Drumm [7] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- FIXED BY
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   * Joshua Brauer [8] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Michael Hess [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 https://www.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].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [14]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/prepopulate
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/prepopulate
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2679215
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/prepopulate
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/3064
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/12363
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/mlhess
[10] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[11] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[12] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[13] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[14] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity