# CVE-2014-7980: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via theme settings in the Drupal Zen theme, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2014
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gmm9-7857-9mp9

## What is CVE-2014-7980?

CVE-2014-7980 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in template.php in Zen theme 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.3 and 7.x-5.x before 7.x-5.5 for Drupal allow remote authenticated users with the "administer themes" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the skip_link_text setting and unspecified other theme settings.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7980?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Zen.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-7980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-7980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-7980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-7980 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7980/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-7980

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