Description
The Drupal filter_xss_admin function in 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.3 does not "prevent use of the object HTML tag in administrator input," which has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably related to an insufficient cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://drupal.org/node/280571Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31079Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454849Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43701Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00527.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00551.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://drupal.org/node/280571Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31079Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454849Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43701Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00527.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00551.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 18, 2008
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified