PHPWebGallery Comments.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18798
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 04 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 05 2006 04:39PM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.5.2 PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.5.1 PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.4.1 PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.1 PhpWebGallery PhpWebGallery 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHPWebGallery Comments.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

PhpWebGallery is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize input before displaying it to users of the application.

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.

PHPWebGallery Comments.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing a user into following a malicious link.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/PhpWebGallery_xss.txt

PHPWebGallery Comments.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].

PHPWebGallery Comments.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• PhpWebGallery Homepage (PhpWebGallery)
  
• PhpWebGallery Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability ([email protected])