YaPIG up to 0.95b view.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in YaPIG 0.92b/0.93u/0.94u/0.95/0.95b. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file view.php. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-4799. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in YaPIG 0.92b/0.93u/0.94u/0.95/0.95b. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file view.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Yet Another PHP Image Gallery (YaPIG) 0.95b and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Homepage field (aka the Website field) in an "image-related comment" and (2) the img_size field in view.php. NOTE: due to lack of details from the researcher, it is not clear whether the comment vector overlaps CVE-2005-1886.

The bug was discovered 09/28/2005. The weakness was published 10/13/2005 by Nenad Jovanovic (Website). The advisory is shared at seclab.tuwien.ac.at. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4799 since 05/15/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:view.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19515 (YaPiG <= 0.9.5b Multiple 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12200 (Yapig View.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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 (22752), Tenable (19515), SecurityFocus (BID 15095†), OSVDB (19958†) and Secunia (SA17041†). Similar entries are available at VDB-26184, VDB-28107, VDB-28106 and VDB-31990. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 19515
Nessus Name: YaPiG <= 0.9.5b Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclab.tuwien.ac.at
Researcher: Nenad Jovanovic
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28105
X-Force: 22752
SecurityFocus: 15095 - YaPig Homepage Form Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17041 - YaPiG Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19958 - YaPiG Image-related Comment Homepage Field XSS
Vulnerability Center: 11822 - YaPIG Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/25/2025 12:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (63), 06/20/2019 10:52 (12), 06/25/2025 12:17 (18)
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