Published:2014/08/08  Last Updated:2014/08/08

JVN#09717399
Piwigo vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

Piwigo contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Piwigo 2.6.3 and earlier

Description

Piwigo is a software to manage and host image files on the web. Piwigo contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Impact

An arbitrary script may be executed on the user's web browser.

Solution

Apply a patch
Apply the patch according to the information provided by the developer.

According to the developer, this issue was addressed in Changeset 28678, which also addresses a SQL injection vulnerability (JVN#87962145)

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2014.08.08 (CVSS Base Metrics)

What is CVSS?

Measures Severity Description
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N) A vulnerability exploitable with network access means the vulnerable software is bound to the network stack and the attacker does not require local network access or local access. Such a vulnerability is often termed "remotely exploitable".
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L) The access conditions are somewhat specialized.
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N) Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is no impact to the availability of the system.

Base Score:4.3

Credit

Yuji Tounai of bogus.jp reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2014-3900
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2014-000093