Coppermine Photo Gallery mode.php cross-site scripting
| coppermine-mode-xss (36659) |  Medium 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
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.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 17 2007 - 15:31:13 CDT: Coppermine <= 1.4.12 Cross Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion.
- Coppermine Photo Gallery Web site: Coppermine Photo Gallery.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- Grégory Demar Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.12 and prior
Reported:
Sep 17, 2007
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