CVE-2009-1575

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.70% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory drupal.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vbdrupal.org Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00108.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/54152 vdb entry patch
http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=9953#post9953 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1216 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34980 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50250 vdb entry
http://drupal.org/node/449078 patch vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00133.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34950 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34948 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1792 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1575?
CVE-2009-1575 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1575?
To fix CVE-2009-1575, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1575 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-1575 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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