Fotopholder index.php cross-site scripting
| fotopholder-index-xss (28397) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Fotopholder 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 'path' parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Jake Olefsky, Fotopholder 1.8
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Aug 15 2006 - 05:43:38 CDT , otopholder 1.8 suffers from a local file inclusion,XSS and directory listing vuln at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0316.html.
- JakeO Web site, Fotopholder at http://www.jakeo.com/software/fotopholder/index.php.
- BID-19736: Fotopholder Index.Php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4259: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Fotopholder 1.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path parameter. NOTE: this might be resultant from a directory traversal vulnerability.
- OSVDB ID: 28242: Fotopholder index.php path Variable XSS
- SA21648: Fotopholder "path" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016702: Fotopholder Input Validation Holes Permit Directory Traversal and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Remote Users Execute Local Files
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3400: Fotopholder path Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Aug 15, 2006
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