VDB-48623 · CVE-2009-2079 · BID 35286

Drupal Taxonomy manager up to 5.x-1.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Drupal Taxonomy manager up to 5.x-1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-2079. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal Taxonomy manager up to 5.x-1.0 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative page interface in Taxonomy manager 5.x before 5.x-1.2 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with administer taxonomy privileges or the ability to use free tagging to add taxonomy terms, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) vocabulary names, (2) synonyms, and (3) term names.

The weakness was presented 06/16/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at drupal.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2079 since 06/16/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.x-1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 35286†) and Secunia (SA35391†). See VDB-48630 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Taxonomy manager 5.x-1.1

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06/10/2009 🔍
06/11/2009 +1 days 🔍
06/16/2009 +5 days 🔍
06/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2100 days 🔍
12/15/2017 +1004 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: drupal.org

Advisory: drupal.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48623
SecurityFocus: 35286 - Drupal Taxonomy Manager Administrative Page HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 35391 - Drupal Taxonomy Manager Module Script Insertion Vulnerability, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/15/2017 08:23
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (52), 12/15/2017 08:23 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:679:103

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