Drupal up to 6.11 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Drupal. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1844. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Drupal (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Drupal 5.x before 5.18 and 6.x before 6.12 allow (1) remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted UTF-8 byte sequences that are treated as UTF-7 by Internet Explorer 6 and 7, which are not properly handled in the "HTML exports of books" feature; and (2) allow remote authenticated users with administer taxonomy permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the help text of an arbitrary vocabulary. NOTE: vector 1 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1575.

The weakness was presented 06/01/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at drupal.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1844 since 06/01/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 284270 (MiracleLinux 3 : drupal-6.8-2AXS3 (AXSA:2009-68:02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116447 (Debian Update for drupal6 (DSA-1808-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (284270) and Secunia (SA35282†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Drupal

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.drupal.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 284270
Nessus Name: MiracleLinux 3 : drupal-6.8-2AXS3 (AXSA:2009-68:02)

OpenVAS ID: 64110
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1808-1 (drupal6)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 5.7

Timelineinfo

06/01/2009 🔍
06/01/2009 +0 days 🔍
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06/02/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2114 days 🔍
01/15/2026 +3957 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: drupal.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48368
Secunia: 35282 - Debian update for drupal6, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 01/15/2026 01:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (55), 11/10/2018 09:05 (1), 04/09/2025 22:05 (20), 01/15/2026 01:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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