[Security-news] Facets - Moderately critical - Cross Site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2025-100

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-100

Project: Facets [1]
Date: 2025-August-27
Security risk: *Moderately critical* 13 ∕ 25
AC:Basic/A:Admin/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Affected versions: <2.0.10 || >=3.0.0 <3.0.1
CVE IDs: CVE-2025-9549
Description: 
This module enables you to to easily create and manage faceted search
interfaces.

The module doesn’t sufficiently filter certain user-provided text leading
to a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role
with the permission “administer facets”.

*CVSS risk score (experimental [3]) 4.8 / Medium*

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N [4]

Solution: 
Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Facets module for Drupal 8.x or higher, upgrade to Facets
    2.0.10 [5] or Facets 3.0.1 [6]

Reported By: 
  * Pierre Rudloff (prudloff) [7]

Fixed By: 
  * Joris Vercammen (borisson_) [8]
  * Thomas Seidl (drunken monkey) [9]
  * Pierre Rudloff (prudloff) [10], provisional member of the Drupal Security
    Team

Coordinated By: 
  * Damien McKenna (damienmckenna) [11] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Ivo  Van Geertruyen (mr.baileys) [12] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Pierre Rudloff (prudloff) [13], provisional member of the Drupal Security
    Team
  * Drew Webber (mcdruid) [14] of the Drupal Security Team


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/facets
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] https://www.drupal.org/project/securitydrupalorg/issues/3442181
[4]  
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4-0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/facets/releases/2.0.10
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/facets/releases/3.0.1
[7] https://www.drupal.org/u/prudloff
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/borisson_
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/drunken-monkey
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/prudloff
[11] https://www.drupal.org/u/damienmckenna
[12] https://www.drupal.org/u/mrbaileys
[13] https://www.drupal.org/u/prudloff
[14] https://www.drupal.org/u/mcdruid