CVE-2009-1575 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1575?

CVE-2009-1575 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 6 May 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1575?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1575?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2009-1575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-ff82-542x-8q28.