PhotoPost PHP Pro editbio field cross-site scripting
| photopost-editbio-xss (19678) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PhotoPost PHP Pro is an online photo gallery running on Microsoft Windows and Unix-based operating systems. PhotoPost PHP Pro versions 5.0 RC3 up to 5.0.1 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by a vulnerability in the editbio biography field. A remote attacker could create a malicious URL link containing embedded code in the editbio biography field which, once the link is viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- PhotoPost, PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.0 RC3 up to 5.0.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PhotoPost PHP Pro (5.0.1 or later), available from the PhotoPost PHP Pro Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Mar 11 2005 - 12:29:59 CST , PhotoPost PHP 5.0 RC3, and later, multiple vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0200.html.
- PhotoPost PHP Pro Web page, PhotoPost PHP Pro Photo Gallery Software for Websites at http://www.photopost.com/index.html.
- BID-12779: All Enthusiast PhotoPost PHP Pro Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0777: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhotoPost PHP 5.0 RC3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the check_tags function or (2) the editbio field in the user profile.
- SA14576: PhotoPost PHP Pro Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 11, 2005
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