By Drupal Security Team on
  • Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2013-011
  • Project: email2image (third-party module)
  • Version: 6.x
  • Date: 2013-January-30
  • Security risk: Moderately critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Access bypass

Description

This module creates images of user email addresses and email fields. The module doesn't sufficiently check node access restrictions when displaying such fields.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that it only impacts sites using node access.

CVE identifier(s) issued

  • CVE-2013-0257

Versions affected

  • All email2image 6.x-1.x and 6.x-2.x versions.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed email2image module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

  • If you use the email2image module for Drupal 6.x you should uninstall the module

Also see the email2image project page.

Reported by

Fixed by

Not applicable.

Coordinated by

Contact and More Information

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