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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2339

Original release date:05/21/2012
Last revised:08/14/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Glossary module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "taxonomy information."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: XF
Name: glossary-taxonomyinformation-xss(75503)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75503
External Source: BID
Name: 53440
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53440
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120615 Re: CVE Request for Drupal contributed modules
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/6
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120613 Re: CVE Request for Drupal contributed modules
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/3
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120510 Re: CVE Request for Drupal contributed modules - 2012-05-10
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/2
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120510 CVE Request for Drupal contributed modules - 2012-05-10
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/10/6
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49074
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49074
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupalcode.org/project/glossary.git/commitdiff/c6cc3ac
Hyperlink:http://drupalcode.org/project/glossary.git/commitdiff/c6cc3ac
External Source: MISC
Name: http://drupal.org/node/1569482
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://drupal.org/node/1569482
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupal.org/node/1568156
Hyperlink:http://drupal.org/node/1568156

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerNav control imageAND
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:beta1
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:dev
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:beta2
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:beta3
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:beta4
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0:beta5
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.0
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.1
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.2
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.3
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.4
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.5
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:nancy_wichmann:glossary:6.x-1.6
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:drupal:drupal
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2339