- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-127
- Project: School Administration (third-party module)
- Version: 7.x
- Date: 2014-December-17
- Security risk: 14/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
School Administration module enables you to keep records of all students and staff. With inner modules, it aims to be a complete school administration system.
The module failed to sanitize some node titles in messages, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a user with the permission to create or edit a class node.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance
with Drupal Security Team processes.
Versions affected
- School Administration 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.8.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed module,
there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the School Administration module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to School Administration 7.x-1.8
Reported by
Fixed by
- Murat Tutumlu the module maintainer
Coordinated by
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
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