• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-046
• Project: Taxonomy Tools (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 Tools module provides alternative ways of managing taxonomy terms.

The module doesn’t sufficiently escape node and taxonomy term titles when displaying them, allowing a malicious user to inject code.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with permission to create or edit nodes or 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 Tools 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.4.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the Taxonomy Tools module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Taxonomy Tools 7.x-1.4

Also see the Taxonomy Tools project page.

Reported by

• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team

Fixed by

• Mārtiņš Bērtiņš the module maintainer

Coordinated by

• Rick Manelius of the Drupal Security Team
• Aaron Ott provisional member of the Drupal Security Team

Contact and More Information

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