Gallery up to 1.6 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Gallery up to 1.6 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5296. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gallery up to 1.6 (Photo Gallery Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Gallery 1.5.x before 1.5.10 and 1.6 before 1.6-RC3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative via unspecified cookies. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 11/21/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gallery.menalto.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5296 since 12/01/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 1.5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46804), SecurityFocus (BID 32440†), OSVDB (50089†) and Secunia (SA32817†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Photo Gallery Software

Name

• Gallery

Version

• 1.2.1
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.4
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.4
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.9
• 1.6

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional

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OpenVAS ID: 800312
OpenVAS Name: Gallery Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Gallery 1.5.7

Timelineinfo

11/21/2008 🔍
11/21/2008 +0 days 🔍
11/24/2008 +3 days 🔍
11/24/2008 +0 days 🔍
12/01/2008 +6 days 🔍
12/01/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2297 days 🔍
10/19/2018 +1312 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gallery.menalto.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-5296 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5296
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45251
X-Force: 46804 - Gallery cookie security bypass
SecurityFocus: 32440 - Gallery Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32817 - Gallery Cookie Handling Security Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50089 - Gallery Unspecified Cookie Handling Admin Authentication Bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/19/2018 08:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 10/19/2018 08:07 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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