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MyGallery "mghash" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA32505
Release Date: 2008-11-03
Last Update: 2008-11-06
Popularity: 970 views

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

Software:MyGallery 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-4892


Description:
Russ McRee has discovered a vulnerability in MyGallery, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "mghash" parameter in gallery.inc.php is not 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 is reported in version 1.7.2 and confirmed in version 1.8.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Russ McRee, HolisticInfoSec

Changelog:
2008-11-06: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/86/45/


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