SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2017-6927

CVE-2017-6927 — Drupal 8

Drupal 8.4.x versions before 8.4.5 and Drupal 7.x versions before 7.57 has a Drupal.checkPlain() JavaScript function which is used to escape potentially dangerous text before outputting it to HTML (as JavaScript output does not typically go through Twig autoescaping). This functi

CVSS
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EPSS
1.39% (top 19.80%)
CWE
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Published
2018-03-01T22:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T00:51:53.420Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Drupal 8.4.x versions before 8.4.5 and Drupal 7.x versions before 7.57 has a Drupal.checkPlain() JavaScript function which is used to escape potentially dangerous text before outputting it to HTML (as JavaScript output does not typically go through Twig autoescaping). This function does not correctly handle all methods of injecting malicious HTML, leading to a cross-site scripting vulnerability…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Drupal.orgDrupal Core8.4.x versions before 8.4.5 and Drupal 7.x versions before 7.57

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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