CVE-2015-5594 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The sanitize_string function in ZenPhoto before 1.4.9 utilized the html_entity_decode function after input sanitation, which might allow remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) via a crafted string.

Published: 2017-07-25

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zenphoto:zenphoto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5548	The sanitize_string function in ZenPhoto before 1.4.9 utilized the html_entity_decode function after input sanitation, which might allow remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) via a crafted string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00292.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-5594
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3
http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9
https://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/

History

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Subscriptions

Zenphoto Zenphoto

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-25T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:02.923Z

Reserved: 2015-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5594

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-25T18:29:00.917

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-5594

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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