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By Drupal Security Team on
- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-059
- Project: Autosave (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x, 7.x
- Date: 2012-April-11
- Security risk: Moderately critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery
Description
CVE: CVE-2012-2097
This module enables snapshots of your node edit form to be saved in the background while you are editing to help prevent the data from being lost.
The module doesn't sufficiently protect against a user being tricked into submitting saved results to a node.
Versions affected
- Autosave 6.x versions prior to 6.x-2.10
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Autosave module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Autosave module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Autosave 6.x-2.10
Also see the Autosave project page.
Reported by
- Ryan Jud Hughes
Fixed by
Coordinated by
- Michael Hess of the Drupal Security Team
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact.
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies, writing secure code for Drupal, and securing your site.
Update: The title of original version of this advisory mis-categorized the vulnerability as a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability. As the body says, it is actually a Cross Site Request Forgery. The title was updated to reflect the actual type of issue.
