- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2013-044
- Project: elFinder file manager (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x, 7.x
- Date: 2013-April-17
- Security risk: Highly critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery
Description
The elfinder module provides an AJAX-based file manager based on the elFinder javascript library.
The module doesn't sufficiently verify requests thereby exposing a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. This would enable an attacker to create, modify, or delete files on the server.
There are no mitigating factors.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2013-1972
Versions affected
- elfinder 6.x-0.x versions prior to 6.x-0.8.
- elfinder 7.x-0.x versions prior to 7.x-0.8.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed elFinder file manager module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the elfinder module 0.x for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to elfinder 6.x-0.8 (requires elFinder 1.2 library)
- If you use the elfinder module 0.x for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to elfinder 7.x-0.8 (requires elFinder 1.2 library)
Also see the elFinder file manager project page.
Reported by
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
Fixed by
- Alexey Sukhotin the module maintainer
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
- Fox of the Drupal Security Team
Coordinated by
- Fox of the Drupal Security Team
- David Stoline of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact.
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies, writing secure code for Drupal, and securing your site.
