CVE-2014-9236

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Published 2014-12-03 Β· Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in php/edit_photos.php in Zoph (aka Zoph Organizes Photos) 0.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photographer_id or (2) _crumb parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35278 webapps php text Β· 3 KB
Manuel GarcΓ­a CΓ‘rdenas Β· 2014-11-17

Zoph 0.9.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
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MGC ALERT 2014-005
- Original release date: March 5, 2014
- Last revised:  November 18, 2014
- Discovered by: Manuel Garcia Cardenas
- Severity: 10/10 (CVSS Base Score)
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I. VULNERABILITY
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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Zoph <= 0.9.1

II. BACKGROUND
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Zoph (Zoph Organizes Photos) is a web based digital image presentation and
management system. In other words, a photo album. It is built with PHP,
MySQL and Perl.

III. DESCRIPTION
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It is possible to inject SQL code in the variables "id" and "action" on the
pages group, photos and user. This bug was found using the portal with
authentication. To exploit the vulnerability only is needed use the version
1.0 of the HTTP protocol to interact with the application.
Has been detected a reflected XSS vulnerability in Zoph, that allows the
execution of arbitrary HTML/script code to be executed in the context of
the victim user's browser.

IV. PROOF OF CONCEPT
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SQL Injection:

/zoph/php/group.php?_action=1'%22&_clear_crumbs=1
/zoph/php/photos.php?location_id=1'%22
/zoph/php/user.php?user_id=&_action=1'%22

Cross-Site Scripting GET:

/zoph/php/edit_photos.php?photographer_id=3"><script>alert(1)</script>
/zoph/php/edit_photos.php?album_id=2&_crumb=3"><script>alert(1)</script>

V. BUSINESS IMPACT
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Public defacement, confidential data leakage, and database server
compromise can result from these attacks. Client systems can also be
targeted, and complete compromise of these client systems is also possible.

VI. SYSTEMS AFFECTED
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Zoph <= 0.9.1

VII. SOLUTION
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No news releases

VIII. REFERENCES
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http://www.zoph.org/

IX. CREDITS
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This vulnerability has been discovered and reported
by Manuel Garcia Cardenas (advidsec (at) gmail (dot) com).

X. REVISION HISTORY
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March 11, 2014 1: Initial release

XI. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
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March 5, 2014 1: Vulnerability acquired by Manuel Garcia Cardenas
March 5, 2014 2: Send to vendor
June 17, 2014 3: Second mail to the verdor without response
November 18, 2014 4: Sent to lists

XII. LEGAL NOTICES
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The information contained within this advisory is supplied "as-is" with no
warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise.

XIII. ABOUT
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Manuel Garcia Cardenas
Pentester

OS impact

debian Debian Affected 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Affected β€”
sid Affected β€”
forky Affected β€”
bullseye Affected β€”
bookworm Affected β€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
zophzoph{"endIncluding":"0.9.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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