4images up to 1.7.11 admin/categories.php cat_description cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in 4images up to 1.7.11. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/categories.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument cat_description can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7708. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in 4images up to 1.7.11. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file admin/categories.php. The manipulation of the argument cat_description with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 4images 1.7.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat_description parameter in an updatecat action to admin/categories.php.

The weakness was released 10/05/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-7708 since 10/05/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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

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• 4images

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8
• 1.7.9
• 1.7.10
• 1.7.11

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