TinyWebGallery index.php cross-site scripting
| tinywebgallery-index-xss (25831) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
TinyWebGallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'twg_album' parameter to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of TinyWebGallery (1.4.2 or later), available from the TinyWebGallery Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 15 2006 - 08:26:44 CDT: Tiny Web Gallery <= 1.4 XSS.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jun 06 2006 - 05:06:53 CDT: Re: Tiny Web Gallery <= 1.4 XSS.
- TinyWebGallery Web site: TinyWebGallery.
- BID-17536: Tiny Web Gallery Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1802: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in TinyWebGallery 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the twg_album parameter.
- SA19660: TinyWebGallery "twg_album" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1369: TinyWebGallery twg_album Variable Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- TinyWebGallery TinyWebGallery 1.4
Reported:
Apr 15, 2006
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