XSS in Zenphoto
CVE-2015-5593
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-tr… (Broken Link)
- www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9 (Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5593?
- CVE-2015-5593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zenphoto, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-31.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5593?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.