PhpWebGallery register.php and search.php cross-site scripting
| phpwebgallery-register-search-xss (32687) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PhpWebGallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability in the register.php script using the login or mail_address parameter or the search.php script using various parameters 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Feb 24 2007 - 13:19:25 CST : Phpwebgallery-1.4.1, Multiple Cross Site Scripting.
- PhpWebGallery Web site: PhpWebGallery.
- BID-22711: PHPWebGallery Multiple Scripts Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-1109: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Phpwebgallery 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) login or (2) mail_address field in Register.php, or the (3) search_author, (4) mode, (5) start_year, (6) end_year, or (7) date_type field in Search.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1674. NOTE: 1.6.2 and other versions might also be affected.
- SA24308: PhpWebGallery register.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.6.2 and prior
Reported:
Feb 24, 2007
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