By Drupal Security Team on
  • Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-174
  • Project: Context (third-party module)
  • Version: 6.x, 7.x
  • Date: 2012-12-19
  • Security risk: Less critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Information Disclosure

Description

Context has functionality that renders block content for use with its inline editor. When these requests are made the context module does not sufficiently ensure that users have access to the block. A malicious user could send a specially crafted request and get access to block content they should not be able to see.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must know the identifiers for the block containing sensitive information and that the block's code must render that sensitive information when requested by a user without privileges to see this information.

CVE identifier(s) issued

  • CVE-2012-5655

Versions affected

  • Context 6.x-3.x versions prior to 6.x-3.1.
  • Context 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.0-beta6.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

Also see the Context project page.

Reported by

Fixed by

Coordinated by

Contact and More Information

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