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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-027
- Project: NewsFlash (third-party theme)
- Version: 6.x, 7.x
- Date: 2014-March-05
- Security risk: Moderately critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
Newsflash is a theme that features 7 color styles, 12 collapsible regions, suckerfish menus, fluid or fixed widths, built-in IE transparent PNG fix, and lots more.
The theme does not sanitize the user provided theme setting for the font family CSS property, thereby exposing a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "administer themes".
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2014-8077
Versions affected
- NewsFlash 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.7.
- NewsFlash 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-2.5.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed NewsFlash theme, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the theme NewsFlash for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to NewsFlash 7.x-2.5
- If you use the theme NewsFlash for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to NewsFlash 6.x-1.7
Also see the NewsFlash project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Alyx Vance the theme maintainer
Coordinated by
- Klaus Purer of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
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