PHP-Nuke PhotoADay Module pad_selected Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14357

Synopsis

The remote host has an PHP application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running PhotoADay, a web-based photo album management software. The installed version fails to sanitize input passed to the 'pad_selected' parameter before using it to generate dynamic content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1011027.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14357

File Name: photoaday_xss.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Published: 8/23/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2004

Reference Information

BID: 11009

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990