Piwigo
CVE-2017-17825
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.24%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Batch Manager component of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to Persistent Cross Site Scripting via tags-* array parameters in an admin.php?page=batch_manager&mode=unit request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Batch Manager component of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to Persistent Cross Site Scripting via tags-* array parameters in an admin.php?page=batch_manager&mode=unit request. An attacker can exploit this to hijack a client's browser along with the data stored in it. Affected products include: Piwigo.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
The Batch Manager component of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to Persistent Cross Site Scripting via tags-* array parameters in an admin.php?page=batch_manager&mode=unit request. An attacker can exploit this to hijack a client's browser along with the data stored in it.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Directory traversal vulnerability in install.php in Piwigo before 2.4.7 allows remote attackers to read and delete arbit
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the LocalFiles Editor plugin in Piwigo before 2.4.7 allows remote att
SQL injection vulnerability in the administrative backend in Piwigo through 2.9.1 allows remote users to execute arbitra
Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via in the "profile" function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vul
Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via /admin/permalinks.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnera
Piwigo 11.4.0 allows admin/user_list_backend.php order[0][dir] SQL Injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this v
admin.php?page=account_billing in Piwigo 2.9.5 has XSS via the vat_number, billing_name, company, or billing_
admin.php?page=notification_by_mail in Piwigo 2.9.5 has XSS via the nbm_send_html_mail, nbm_send_mai
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Piwigo through 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentica
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Piwigo through 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentica
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Piwigo through 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentica
admin/configuration.php in Piwigo 2.9.2 has CSRF. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
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