singapore user management page cross-site scripting

singapore-user-management-xss (18536) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

singapore is a freely available PHP-based image gallery program for Microsoft Windows and Unix-based platforms. Singapore version 0.9.10 running on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) with PHP version 4.3.4 and 4.3.9 and running on Apache version 1.3.33 with PHP 4.3.9 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by a vulnerability in the user management page. A remote attacker could embed malicious JavaScript in the fullname field, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the administrator access the user management page. An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain a user's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Platforms Affected:

  • PHP, PHP 4.3.4
  • PHP, PHP 4.3.9
  • Tamlyn Rhodes, singapore 0.9.10

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of singapore Image Gallery Web Application (0.9.11 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Dec 16, 2004

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