Drupal Module – Forward, multiple vulnerabilities

February 8, 2012 By

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Forward MODULE – update available.


Information At A Glance
  • Source – Drupal.org
  • Version/Dependency – See Alert
  • Developer – seanr
  • Severity – MODERATELY CRITICAL
Summary
The Drupal third-party module , Forward module has multiple vulnerabilities – Access bypass and Cross Site Request Forgery. This module does not sufficiently check email credentials for proper permissions.

This affects: Forward 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.21 and Forward 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.3
Fix / Corrective Action(s)
  • Users of the Forward module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Forward 6.x-1.21
  • Users of the Forward module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Forward 7.x-1.3
Miscellaneous
Credit : Greg Knaddison (greggles) of the Drupal Security Team

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