PHP JackKnife Gallery System "sKeywords" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA18020
Release Date: 2005-12-14
Last Update: 2006-01-13
Popularity: 4,582 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:PHP JackKnife Gallery System 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4239


Description:
r0t has discovered a vulnerability in PHP JackKnife Gallery System, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "sKeywords" parameter in "DisplayResults.php" isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in the latest available version and has also been reported in version 2.21 and prior. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
r0t

Changelog:
2006-01-13: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/12/php-jackknife-xss-vuln.html


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