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Secunia Advisory SA17655

Exponent CMS image gallery Module Script Insertion and Full Path Disclosure
Secunia Advisory SA17655
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Release Date 2005-11-22
Last Update 2005-12-07
   
Popularity 9,222 views
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of system information
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
image gallery 0.x (module for Exponent CMS)
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2005-3764 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Hans Wolters has reported a weakness and a vulnerability in the image gallery module for Exponent CMS, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose system information and conduct script insertion attacks.

1) The problem is that the full path to the installation is shown when placing preview icons.

2) An input validation error in the upload handling can be exploited to upload documents containing arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious document is viewed.


Solution
The vulnerability and the weakness have been fixed in the CVS repository.

Provided and/or discovered by
Hans Wolters

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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