What is CVE-2018-7603?

CVE-2018-7603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal 3rd Party Module - Search Autocomplete, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-7603?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Drupal 3rd Party Module - Search Autocomplete

CVE-2018-7603

In Drupal's 3rd party module search auto complete prior to versions 7.x-4.8 there is a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability. This Search Autocomplete module enables you to autocomplete textfield using data from your website (nodes, comments, etc.). The module doesn't sufficiently filter user-entered text among the autocompletion items leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited by any user allowed to create one of the autocompletion item, for instance, nodes, users, comments.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Drupal 3rd Party Module - Search Autocomplete — versions 7.x-4.x
Search_autocomplete_project Search_autocomplete

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

mlhess@drupal.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7603?: CVE-2018-7603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal 3rd Party Module - Search Autocomplete, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-7603?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.