Drupal up to 8.1.9 HTTP Exception cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Drupal up to 8.1.9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Exception Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7571. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal up to 8.1.9 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component HTTP Exception Handler. 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal 8.x before 8.1.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an HTTP exception.

The weakness was disclosed 10/03/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7571 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94051 (Drupal 8.x < 8.1.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11691 (Drupal Core Critical Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA-CORE-2016-004)).

Upgrading to version 8.1.10 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 Tenable (94051) and SecurityFocus (BID 93101†). The entries VDB-92326 and VDB-92328 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Temp Score: 5.8
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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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Nessus ID: 94051
Nessus Name: Drupal 8.x < 8.1.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63411
OpenVAS Name: Drupal Multiple Vulnerabilities- Oct16 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 8.1.10

Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
09/21/2016 +12 days 🔍
09/21/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/03/2016 +12 days 🔍
10/03/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/13/2016 +9 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +2170 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-7571 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7571
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92327
SecurityFocus: 93101 - Drupal Core Multiple Access Bypass and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036886

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2016 10:31
Updated: 09/22/2022 08:28
Changes: 10/04/2016 10:31 (64), 04/30/2019 16:20 (13), 09/22/2022 08:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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