• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-044
• Project: Taxonomy Path (third-party module)
• Version: 7.x
• Date: 2015-February-11
• Security risk: 14/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All
• Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description

Taxonomy Path module enables you to create custom links to taxonomy terms within a display mode.

The module doesn’t sufficiently sanitize user provided text in the provided “Link to path” field formatter, thereby exposing a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with permission to create/edit taxonomy terms.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes.

Versions affected

• Taxonomy Path 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.2.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Taxonomy Path module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the Taxonomy Path module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Taxonomy Path 7.x-1.2

Also see the Taxonomy Path project page.

Reported by

• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

Fixed by

• William Hurley the module maintainer
• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

Coordinated by

• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

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