Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in PHPSlideShow

vendor:

PHPSlideShow

by:

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: PHPSlideShow

Affected Version From: 0.9.9.2

Affected Version To: 0.9.9.2

Patch Exists: NO

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Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in PHPSlideShow

The PHPSlideShow application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied data, leading to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser session within the context of the affected site. This can result in the theft of authentication credentials and the ability to launch further attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize user input by implementing proper input validation and output encoding. Additionally, web application firewalls can be used to detect and block XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26575/info

PHPSlideShow is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects PHPSlideShow 0.9.9.2; other versions may also be vulnerable. 

http://www.example.com/scripts/demo/phpslideshow.php?directory="><iframe> http://www.example.com/scripts/demo/phpslideshow.php?directory=<html><font color="Red"><b>Pwned</b></font></html> http://www.example.com/scripts/demo/phpslideshow.php?directory=<EMBED SRC="http://site.com/xss.swf" http://www.example.com/scripts/demo/phpslideshow.php?directory=FORM%20ACTION=%22search.php%22%20METHOD=%22GET%22%3E