Scry Gallery index.php "p" parameter cross-site scripting

scry-gallery-index-xss (26101) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Scry Gallery 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 'p' 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:

No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Apr 23 2006 - 21:36:32 CDT: Scry Gallery XSS Vulnerability.
  • Scry Gallery Web site: Scry: Simple PHP Photo Album.
  • BID-17668: Scry Gallery Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-2001: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Scry Gallery 1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than the directory traversal vector.
  • OSVDB ID: 24891: Scry index.php p Variable XSS
  • SA19777: Scry Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Path Disclosure Weakness
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-1490: Scry p Variable Remote Directory Traversal and Full Path Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • James Byers Scry Gallery 1.1

Reported:

Apr 23, 2006

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