SQL injection vulnerability in upload.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.16 and earlier allows remote authenticated users or user-ass
SQL injection vulnerability in upload.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.16 and earlier allows remote authenticated users or user-assisted remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Content-Type HTTP response header provided by the HTTP server that is used for an upload.
- Published
- Apr 16, 2008
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.8% · 77th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-89
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Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| coppermine | coppermine photo gallery | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine:coppermine_photo_gallery |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- coppermine coppermine photo galleryup to 1.4.16 inclusive
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.1
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.10
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.11
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.12
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.13
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.14
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.2
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.3
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.4
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.5
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.6
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.7
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.8
- coppermine coppermine photo gallery1.4.9
Same product
coppermine: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2008-0506include/imageObjectIM.class.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) before 1.4.15, when the ImageMagick picture processing method is configure45Plan
- CVE-2007-1414Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code vi42Plan
- CVE-2004-1988PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in init.inc.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.0 RC4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary P33Monitor
- CVE-2004-1989PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in theme.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP cod33Monitor
- CVE-2004-1987picmgmtbatch.inc.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b and 1.2.0 RC4 allows remote attackers with administrative privileges to execute arbi33Monitor
- CVE-2007-4283PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in bridge/yabbse.inc.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute 31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Root cause
The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-89 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");Fixed
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1", [owner]);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Expanding Control over the Operating System from the DatabaseCAPEC-470Very High
- SQL InjectionCAPEC-66likelihood: High · High
- Blind SQL InjectionCAPEC-7likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic%2C51787%2C0.html
- secunia.com/advisories/29795
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=89658&release_id=592069
- www.osvdb.org/44345
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28766
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41784
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.