PhpWebGallery comments.php cross-site scripting
| phpwebgallery-comments-xss (27526) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PhpWebGallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the comments.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'keyword' 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.
Platforms Affected:
- PhpWebGallery, PhpWebGallery 1.5.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 03 2006 - 19:00:03 CDT, PhpWebGallery Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0048.html.
- PhpWebGallery Web site, PhpWebGallery at http://www.phpwebgallery.net/eng/index.html.
- BID-18798: PHPWebGallery Comments.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3476: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in comments.php in PhpWebGallery 1.5.2 and earlier, and possibly 1.6.0, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keyword parameter.
- SA20935: PHPWebGallery "keyword" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016435: PhpWebGallery Input Validation Flaw in `comments.php` Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2669: PHPWebGallery keyword Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 03, 2006
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