Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.17 and 6.x before 6.11, as used in vbDrupal before 5.17.0, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted UTF-8 byte sequences before the Content-Type meta tag, which are treated as UTF-7 by Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | drupal6 | 6.6-3lenny1 | DSA-1792-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1792-1 drupal6 - multiple vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- FEDORA-2009-4175 vendor-advisory
- 54152 vdb-entry
- http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=9953#post9953
- ADV-2009-1216 vdb-entry
- 34980 third-party-advisory
- drupal-utf7-xss(50250) vdb-entry
- http://drupal.org/node/449078
- FEDORA-2009-4203 vendor-advisory
- 34950 third-party-advisory
- 34948 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1792 vendor-advisory