Cross-site scripting in Piwigo - CVE-2017-17825
Published: December 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37744
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17825
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Piwigo.org
Affected software:
Piwigo
Piwigo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
The Batch Manager component of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to Persistent Cross Site Scripting via tags-* array parameters in an admin.php?page=batch_manager&mode=unit request. An attacker can exploit this to hijack a client's browser along with the data stored in it.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17825
Install update from vendor's website.