• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-022
• Project: nodeauthor (third-party module)
• Version: 7.x
• Date: 2015-January-14
• Security risk: 12/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:Admin/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Default
• Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description

This module displays node author information in a jQuery slider.

The module doesn’t sufficiently sanitize Profile2 fields in a provided block.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a user account allowed to edit profile fields.

CVE identifier(s) issued

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

Versions affected

• All versions of nodeauthor module.

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

Solution

If you use the nodeauthor module you should uninstall it.

Also see the nodeauthor project page.

Reported by

• Pere Orga provisional member of the Drupal Security Team

Fixed by

Not applicable.

Coordinated by

• Pere Orga provisional member of the Drupal Security Team

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