------------SA-2007-032 - SHOUTBOX - CROSS SITE SCRIPTING ------------
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2007-032
* Project: Shoutbox (third-party module)
* Version: 5.x
* Date: 2007-December-05
* Security risk: Less critical
* Exploitable from: Remote
* Vulnerability: Cross site scripting
------------DESCRIPTION------------
Message sent from the Shoutbox block, where visitors can quickly post short messages, are not properly sanitized in a number of cases. This allows malicious users to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into the block. Learn more about cross site scripting on Wikipedia [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_site_scripting ].
------------VERSIONS AFFECTED------------
* Shoutbox for Drupal 5.x before Shoutbox 5.x-1.1.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Shoutbox module, there is nothing you need to do.
------------SOLUTION------------
Install the latest version:
* If you use Drupal 5.x upgrade to Shoutbox 5.x-1.1 [
http://drupal.org/node/184513 ].
See also the Shoutbox project page [
http://drupal.org/project/shoutbox ].
------------REPORTED BY------------
Allister Beharry (allisterbeharry [
http://drupal.org/user/116802 ]).
------------CONTACT------------
The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at [
http://drupal.org/contact ].