Drupal 5/6 Admin Function filter_xss_admin access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal 5/6 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function filter_xss_admin of the component Admin Function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3219. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Drupal 5/6 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is the function filter_xss_admin of the component Admin Function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Drupal filter_xss_admin function in 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.3 does not "prevent use of the object HTML tag in administrator input," which has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably related to an insufficient cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism.

The weakness was disclosed 07/18/2008 by Heine Deelstra with Drupal Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at drupal.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3219 since 07/18/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33518 (Fedora 8 : drupal-5.8-1.fc8 (2008-6411)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43701), Tenable (33518), SecurityFocus (BID 30168†) and Secunia (SA31079†). The entries VDB-43296, VDB-43295, VDB-43294 and VDB-43293 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 33518
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : drupal-5.8-1.fc8 (2008-6411)
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OpenVAS ID: 860036
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 5

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Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: drupal.org
Researcher: Heine Deelstra
Organization: Drupal Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43292
X-Force: 43701 - OpenID module for Drupal unspecified cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 30168 - Drupal Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31079 - Fedora update for drupal, Moderately Critical

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/29/2018 13:06
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (69), 09/29/2018 13:06 (7)
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