Drupal 7.56/8.4.4 HTML Escaping Drupal.checkPlain HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal 7.56/8.4.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function Drupal.checkPlain of the component HTML Escaping. This manipulation causes HTML injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-6927. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Drupal 7.56/8.4.4 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is the function Drupal.checkPlain of the component HTML Escaping. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 02/21/2018 as sa-core-2018-001 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at drupal.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6927 since 03/16/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106994 (FreeBSD : drupal -- Drupal Core - Multiple Vulnerabilities (57580fcc-1a61-11e8-97e0-00e04c1ea73d)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11933 (Drupal Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (SA-CORE-2018-001)).

Upgrading to version 7.57 or 8.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106994), SecurityFocus (BID 103138†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040430†). The entries VDB-113796, VDB-113798, VDB-113799 and VDB-113800 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: HTML injection
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 106994
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : drupal -- Drupal Core - Multiple Vulnerabilities (57580fcc-1a61-11e8-97e0-00e04c1ea73d)
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OpenVAS ID: 866167
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4123-1 (drupal7 - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 7.57/8.4.5

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03/16/2017 🔍
02/21/2018 +342 days 🔍
02/24/2018 +3 days 🔍
02/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/01/2018 +4 days 🔍
02/10/2023 +1807 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: sa-core-2018-001
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-6927 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6927
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113797

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SecurityFocus: 103138
SecurityTracker: 1040430

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/25/2018 09:58
Updated: 02/10/2023 09:13
Changes: 02/25/2018 09:58 (46), 12/02/2019 12:30 (31), 02/10/2023 09:09 (4), 02/10/2023 09:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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