SA-CONTRIB-2013-048 - Edit Limit - Access Bypass

Edit Limit enables you to set time and count-based limits on how and when a user can edit nodes or comments.

The module doesn’t sufficiently check user access when editing comments to see if the user has the necessary permissions to edit a comment outside of the limits applied by this module. This makes it possible for a user who can edit their own comments to edit the comments of any other user.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission “edit comments”.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• CVE-2013-2122

Versions affected

• Edit Limit 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.3.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Edit Limit module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the Edit Limit module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Edit Limit 7.x-1.3

Also see the Edit Limit project page.

Reported by

• Morten Fangel

Fixed by

• Quade the module maintainer
• Morten Fangel

Coordinated by

• Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team