By Drupal Security Team on
  • Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2013-017
  • Project: Yandex.Metrics (third-party module)
  • Version: 6.x, 7.x
  • Date: 2013-February-20
  • Security risk: Moderately critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description

The Yandex.Metrics module enables you to install Yandex.Metrica tracking code and watch reports by key indicators of user activity.
The module doesn't sufficiently escape Yandex.Metrica service data when being displayed.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that it only impacts sites with published content which contains special code and which is indexed by Yandex search engine.

CVE identifier(s) issued

  • CVE-2013-0319

Versions affected

  • Yandex.Metrics 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.6.
  • Yandex.Metrics 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.5.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

Also see the Yandex.Metrics project page.

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Fixed by

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Contact and More Information

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