CVE-2015-5593 Detail

Current Description

The sanitize_string function in Zenphoto before 1.4.9 does not properly sanitize HTML tags, which allows remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack by wrapping a payload in “<<script></script>script>payload<script></script></script>”, or in an image tag, with the payload as the onerror event.

Source:  MITRE
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Analysis Description

The sanitize_string function in Zenphoto before 1.4.9 does not properly sanitize HTML tags, which allows remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack by wrapping a payload in “<<script></script>script>payload<script></script></script>”, or in an image tag, with the payload as the onerror event.

Source:  MITRE

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

Change History

1 change record found – show changes

Initial Analysis1/7/2020 2:30:03 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CPE Configuration
OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:zenphoto:zenphoto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.9
Added CVSS V2
NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added CVSS V2 Metadata
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Added CWE
NIST CWE-79
Changed Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9 No Types Assigned
http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9 Release Notes
Changed Reference Type
https://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/ No Types Assigned
https://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/ Broken Link

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5593
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2019
NVD Last Modified:
01/07/2020