SA-CONTRIB-2014-072 - Freelinking, Freelinking Case Tracker - Access bypass

The freelinking and freelinking case tracker modules implement a filter for the easier creation of HTML links to other pages in the site or external sites with a wiki style format such as [[pluginname:identifier]].

The module doesn’t sufficiently check access to content when displaying links to nodes and users. This makes it possible to see node titles, usernames and potentially other data depending on the site configuration.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that a site must use node access or permissions to prevent some users from viewing some nodes or users.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• CVE-2014-5179

Versions affected

All versions of Freelinking and Freelinking for case tracker

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed freelinking or freelinking Case tracker modules, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Uninstall the module, it is no longer maintained.

Also see the freelinking and freelinking case tracker project pages.

Reported by

• Chris Burgess