Drupal up to 6.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal up to 6.3. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3740. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Drupal up to 6.3 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the output filter in Drupal 5.x before 5.10 and 6.x before 6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 08/13/2008. The weakness was disclosed 08/27/2008 by Heine Deelstra (Website). The advisory is shared at drupal.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3740 since 08/20/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34138 (Fedora 9 : drupal-6.4-1.fc9 (2008-7626)), 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 5.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44445), Tenable (34138), SecurityFocus (BID 30689†), OSVDB (47488†) and Secunia (SA31462†). The entries VDB-43802, VDB-43801, VDB-43800 and VDB-43799 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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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 34138
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : drupal-6.4-1.fc9 (2008-7626)
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OpenVAS ID: 61450
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: drupal5
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Upgrade: Drupal 5.7

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08/20/2008 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: drupal.org
Researcher: Heine Deelstra
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3740 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43797
X-Force: 44445
SecurityFocus: 30689 - Drupal Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31462 - Drupal Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 47488 - CVE-2008-3740 - Drupal - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19352 - Drupal 5- 5.9 and 6-6.3 Output Filter XSS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2392

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 10:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (81), 08/16/2019 10:30 (4)
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