Drupal up to 4.6.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Drupal up to 4.6.3. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3974. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Drupal up to 4.6.3 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Drupal 4.5.0 through 4.5.5 and 4.6.0 through 4.6.3, when running on PHP5, does not correctly enforce user privileges, which allows remote attackers to bypass the "access user profiles" permission.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2005. The weakness was presented 12/03/2005 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3974 since 12/03/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22824 (Debian DSA-958-1 : drupal - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23474), Tenable (22824), SecurityFocus (BID 15674†), OSVDB (21350†) and Secunia (SA17824†). See VDB-27254 and VDB-27252 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22824
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-958-1 : drupal - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 56213
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 958-1 (drupal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/10/2008 +453 days 🔍
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08/02/2019 +1605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3974 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3974
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27253
X-Force: 23474
SecurityFocus: 15674 - Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 17824
OSVDB: 21350 - Drupal - View User Profile Authorization Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17297 - Drupal 4.5.0-4.5.5, 4.6.0-4.6.3 ,on PHP5, Allows Remote Bypass of \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2684

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 08/02/2019 20:03
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (71), 08/02/2019 20:03 (9)
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