medium
4.3
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2015-6665: XSS

First published: Mon Aug 24 2015(Updated: )

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ajax handler in Drupal 7.x before 7.39 and the Ctools module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.14 for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a whitelisted HTML element, possibly related to the "a" tag.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Fedora=21
Fedora=22
Fedora=23
Drupal=7.0
Drupal=7.0-alpha1
Drupal=7.0-alpha2
Drupal=7.0-alpha3
Drupal=7.0-alpha4
Drupal=7.0-alpha5
Drupal=7.0-alpha6
Drupal=7.0-alpha7
Drupal=7.0-beta1
Drupal=7.0-beta2
Drupal=7.0-beta3
Drupal=7.0-dev
Drupal=7.0-rc1
Drupal=7.0-rc2
Drupal=7.0-rc3
Drupal=7.0-rc4
Drupal=7.1
Drupal=7.2
Drupal=7.3
Drupal=7.4
Drupal=7.5
Drupal=7.6
Drupal=7.7
Drupal=7.8
Drupal=7.9
Drupal=7.10
Drupal=7.11
Drupal=7.12
Drupal=7.13
Drupal=7.14
Drupal=7.15
Drupal=7.16
Drupal=7.17
Drupal=7.18
Drupal=7.19
Drupal=7.20
Drupal=7.21
Drupal=7.22
Drupal=7.23
Drupal=7.24
Drupal=7.25
Drupal=7.26
Drupal=7.27
Drupal=7.28
Drupal=7.29
Drupal=7.30
Drupal=7.33
Drupal=7.34
Drupal=7.35
Drupal=7.36
Drupal=7.37
Drupal=7.38
Drupal=7.x-dev
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-alpha1
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-alpha2
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-alpha3
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-beta1
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-beta2
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-beta3
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-beta4
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.0-rc1
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.1
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.2
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.3
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.4
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.5
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.6
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.7
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.8
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.9
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.11
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.12
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.13
Chaos Tool Suite (Ctools) for Drupal=6.x-1.x-dev

Remedy

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2015-003

Remedy

https://www.drupal.org/node/2554133

Remedy

https://www.drupal.org/node/2554145

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2015-6665?

    CVE-2015-6665 is classified as a high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  • How do I fix CVE-2015-6665?

    To fix CVE-2015-6665, update Drupal to version 7.39 or higher and Ctools module to 6.x-1.14 or higher.

  • What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2015-6665?

    CVE-2015-6665 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML, facilitating XSS attacks.

  • Which versions of Drupal are affected by CVE-2015-6665?

    CVE-2015-6665 affects Drupal 7.x before version 7.39.

  • Which versions of Ctools are affected by CVE-2015-6665?

    CVE-2015-6665 affects the Ctools module 6.x-1.x before version 6.x-1.14.

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