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By Drupal Security Team on
- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-080
- Project: Privatemsg (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x
- Date: 2010-August-11
- Security risk: Moderately critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Privatemsg module allows to send private messages between users.
The module does not properly escape user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Any user with permission to write private messages is vulnerable to attack.
Versions affected
- Privatemsg module for Drupal 6.x versions prior to 6.x-1.3
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Privatemsg module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Privatemsg module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Privatemsg 6.x-1.3
See also the Privatemsg project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Ben Durbin (bdurbin)
- Sascha Grossenbacher (Berdir), module maintainer
Contact
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
