• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-036
• Project: Public Download Count (third-party module)
• Version: 7.x
• Date: 2015-February-04
• Security risk: 14/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All
• Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description

Public Download Count module keeps track of file download counts.

The module doesn’t sufficiently sanitize user supplied text in the Download counts report page 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 or edit nodes.

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 Public Download Count module.

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

Solution

If you use the Public Download Count module you should uninstall it.

Also see the Public Download Count project page.

Reported by

• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

Fixed by

Not applicable.

Coordinated by

• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

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