CVE-2012-5538 (GCVE-0-2012-5538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-03 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:37
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6 for Drupal, when the field has "Reference existing" source enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an uploaded file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://drupal.org/node/1789300 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://drupal.org/node/1789306 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://drupal.org/node/1789302 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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