Coppermine Photo Gallery mode.php cross-site scripting

coppermine-mode-xss (36659) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Coppermine Photo Gallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the mode.php script. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the referer 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:

  • Grégory Demar, Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.12 and prior

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Coppermine Photo Gallery (1.4.13 or later), available from the Coppermine Photo Gallery Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 17 2007 - 15:31:13 CDT, Coppermine <= 1.4.12 Cross Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0175.html.
  • Coppermine Photo Gallery Web site, Coppermine Photo Gallery at http://coppermine-gallery.net/.
  • BID-25698: Coppermine Photo Gallery Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-4977: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mode.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the referer parameter.
  • SA26843: Coppermine Photo Gallery Cross-Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion
  • SECTRACK ID: 1018704: Coppermine Photo Gallery Input Validation Holes in `viewlog.php` and `mode.php` Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-3194: Coppermine Photo Gallery Cross Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion Issues

Reported:

Sep 17, 2007

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