PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.x showgallery.php photo cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file showgallery.php. Such manipulation of the argument photo leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0928. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.x (Programming Language Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file showgallery.php. The manipulation of the argument photo with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) cat, (2) password, (3) ppuser, (4) sort, or (5) si parameters to showgallery.php, the (6) ppuser, (7) sort, or (8) si parameters to showmembers.php, or (9) the photo parameter to slideshow.php.

The weakness was presented 03/28/2005 by Diabolic Crab (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0928 since 03/29/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:showgallery.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17649 (PhotoPost < 5.1 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19873), Exploit-DB (25308), Tenable (17649), SecurityFocus (BID 12920†) and OSVDB (15096†). See VDB-24729, VDB-82377, VDB-82378 and VDB-82379 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 17649
Nessus Name: PhotoPost < 5.1 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Diabolic Crab
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24728
X-Force: 19873
SecurityFocus: 12920 - PhotoPost Pro Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14742
OSVDB: 15096 - PhotoPost PHP Pro showgallery.php Multiple Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1013581
Vulnerability Center: 7506 - XSS in PhotoPost PHP Pro 5.x Allows Stealing Cookie-Based Authentication Credentials, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 09/15/2025 12:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (71), 06/06/2019 11:20 (6), 09/15/2025 12:14 (23)
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