Drupal up to 4.7.3 XML Parser cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Drupal up to 4.7.3 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component XML Parser. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-5475. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Drupal up to 4.7.3 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component XML Parser. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the XML parser in Drupal 4.6.x before 4.6.10 and 4.7.x before 4.7.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted RSS feed.

The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2006 by Erdem Köse (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5475 since 10/24/2006. 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.

Upgrading to version 4.6.x eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (29922†) and Secunia (SA22486†). The entries VDB-32919 and VDB-32918 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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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Drupal

Version

• 4.6.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.6.2
• 4.6.3
• 4.6.4
• 4.6.5
• 4.6.6
• 4.6.7
• 4.6.8
• 4.6.9
• 4.7.0
• 4.7.1
• 4.7.2
• 4.7.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.drupal.org/

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