Photoalbum B&W Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18142
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 29 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 30 2006 12:28AM
Credit:	black-code and sweet-devil are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Jan Chmelik Photoalbum B&W 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Photoalbum B&W Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Photoalbum B&W is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Photoalbum B&W version 1.3 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Photoalbum B&W Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following example URI demonstrates this issue:

http://www.example.com/index.php?pic=[XSS]

Photoalbum B&W Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected]

Photoalbum B&W Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Photoalbum B&W Home Page (Jan Chmelik)
  
• Xss exploit in Photoalbum B&W v1.3 ([email protected])