CVE-2023-44393 Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability
Reflected XSS in Piwigo allows attackers to inject malicious scripts executed by admin users, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-44393?
CVE-2023-44393 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Piwigo Piwigo, published on 9 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the` /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here]` page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the `plugin_id` value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted `plugin_id` value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the `/admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here]` page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44393?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Piwigo Piwigo.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44393?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-44393 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-44393 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Piwigo Piwigo
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qg85-957m-7vgg.