SA-CONTRIB-2012-097 - Protest - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Protest allows websites to display a complete page blackout (website protest).

The module contains a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability as it fails to sanitize user input before display.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission “administer protest”.

CVE: CVE-2012-2726

Versions affected

• Protest 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.2.
• Protest 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.2.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the Protest module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Protest 6.x-1.2
• If you use the Protest module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Protest 7.x-1.2

Also see the Protest project page.

Reported by

• Shawn Price

Fixed by

• Shawn Price the module maintainer

Coordinated by

• Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team