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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-129
- Project: Activism (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x
- Date: 2012-08-29
- Security risk: Moderately critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Access Bypass
Description
The Activism module is an attempt to standardize the way online advocacy tools are built in Drupal 6. It ships with and creates a "Campaign" content type which is always viewable, even when an administrator unpublishes it or otherwise restricts viewing access.
CVE: Requested
Versions affected
- Activism 6.x-2.0.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Activism module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Activism module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Activism 6.x-2.1
Also see the Activism project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Sheldon Rampton, the issue reporter
- Stella Power of the Drupal Security Team
Coordinated by
- Stella Power of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
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