SB2018042715 - Fedora 28 update for drupal8

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SB2018042715 - Fedora 28 update for drupal8

Published: April 27, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018042715
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9861)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data inside CKEditor when using the image2 plugin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7602)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable website.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing HTTP requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable website and compromise it.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain full access to vulnerable website.

Note: the vendor updated the original advisory stating that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References