BID:34782

Coppermine Photo Gallery 'css' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Info

Coppermine Photo Gallery 'css' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	34782
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 29 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	May 05 2009 01:37AM
Credit:	Gerendi Sandor Attila
Vulnerable:	Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.21 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.20 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.18 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.17 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.16 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.15 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.14 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.13 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.12 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.11 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.10 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.9 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.4 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.3 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.2 Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4

Not Vulnerable:	Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.22

Discussion

Coppermine Photo Gallery 'css' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Coppermine Photo Gallery is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

Versions prior to Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.22 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Coppermine Photo Gallery 'css' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/docs/showdoc.php?css=1>"><ScRiPt%20%0a%0d>alert(123)%3B</ScRiPt>

Solution / Fix

Coppermine Photo Gallery 'css' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4