[Security-news] Frequently Asked Questions - Moderately critical - Cross Site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2021-012

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2021-012

Project: Frequently Asked Questions [1]
Date: 2021-June-02
Security risk: *Moderately critical* 11∕25
AC:Basic/A:User/CI:None/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description: 
The Frequently Asked Questions (faq) module allows users, with appropriate
permissions, to create question and answer pairs which they want displayed on
the 'faq' page. The 'faq' page is automatically generated from the FAQ nodes
configured. Basic Views layouts are also provided and can be customised via
the Views UI (rather than via the module settings page).

The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize editor input leading to a Cross Site
Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role
with the "create faq content" permission.

Solution: 
Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Frequently Asked Questions module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade
     to Frequently Asked Questions 7.x-1.3 [3]

Reported By: 
   * Mitch Portier [4]

Fixed By: 
   * Mitch Portier [5]
   * Mohammed Razem [6]
   * Vijay Mani [7] Provisional Member of the Drupal Security Team

Coordinated By: 
   * Greg Knaddison [8] of the Drupal Security Team


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/faq
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] https://www.drupal.org/project/faq/releases/7.x-1.3
[4] https://www.drupal.org/user/2284182
[5] https://www.drupal.org/user/2284182
[6] https://www.drupal.org/user/255384
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/93488
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/36762