SB2014081701 - Cross-site scripting in Piwigo

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3900)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in admin/picture_modify.php in the photo-edit subsystem in Piwigo 2.6.3 and earlier when processing associate. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09717399/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000093
• http://piwigo.org/bugs/view.php?id=3089
• http://piwigo.org/dev/changeset/28678