- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2016-052
- Project: Elysia Cron (third-party module)
- Version: 7.x
- Date: 2016-October-12
- Security risk: 11/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Complex/A:Admin/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Default
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
This module enables you to manage cron jobs.
The module doesn’t sufficiently sanitize the cron rules which are entered into “Predefined rules” field thereby exposing a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission “Administer elysia cron”.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes.
Versions affected
- Elysia Cron 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.2.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Elysia Cron module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Elysia Cron module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Elysia Cron 7.x-2.3
Also see the Elysia Cron project page.
Reported by
- Dan Richards
- Michael Hess of the Drupal Security Team
Fixed by
- Kiselev Dmitry the module co-maintainer
Coordinated by
- David Snopek of the Drupal Security Team
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