Cross-site scripting in Piwigo - CVE-2014-1980
Published: August 14, 2014 / Updated: February 7, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41406
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1980
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in include/functions_metadata.inc.php in Piwigo before 2.4.6 when processing Make field in IPTC Exif metadata within an image uploaded to the Community plugin. 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.
Affected software
Piwigo
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1980
Install update from vendor's website.
Piwigo - update to 2.4.6