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Drupal

Prepopulate – Moderately Critical – Multiple Vulnerabilities – SA-CONTRIB-2016-009

Description

The Prepopulate module allows form fields to be pre-populated in the request.

The Prepopulate module does not adequately prevent a user from overwriting arbitrary parts of $_REQUEST. It also does not prevent pre-populating certain fields that are not displayed or manipulating markup fields to alter elements of the user interface.

CVE identifier(s) issued

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

Versions affected

  • Prepopulate 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.1.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

Also see the Prepopulate project page.

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Fixed by

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Contact and More Information

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