[Security-news] DrupalChat - Critical - Multiple vulnerabilities - SA-CONTRIB-2017-057

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2892404

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2017-057
   * Project: DrupalChat [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2017-July-05
   * Security risk: 16/25 ( Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:None/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery

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

DrupalChat allows visitors of your Drupal site to chat with each other
privately or together in a public chatroom.

The module did not confirm the validity of a chat request, resulting in a
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which enables an attacker to
trick a user to send arbitrary chat messages to any user. The

The module did not filter administrator provided text, leading to a Cross
Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.


-------- 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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   * DrupalChat 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.2.

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

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the DrupalChat module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to DrupalChat
     7.x-2.6 [5]

Also see the DrupalChat [6] project page.

Also see the DrupalChat [7] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * Elin Yordanov [8]

-------- FIXED BY
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   * Shashwat Srivastava [9] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Michael Hess [10] of the Drupal Security Team
   * Greg Knaddison [11] 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 [12].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [13], writing
secure code for Drupal [14], and  securing your site [15].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [16]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalchat
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalchat
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalchat/releases/7.x-2.6
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalchat
[7] https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalchat
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/1274938
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/darklrd
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/mlhess
[11] https://www.drupal.org/u/greggles
[12] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[13] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[14] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[15] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[16] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity