CVE-2005-0776
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedadm-photo.php in PhotoPost PHP 5.0 RC3 does not properly verify administrative privileges before manipulating photos, which could allow remote attackers to manipulate other users' photos.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe adm-photo.php administrative script in PhotoPost PHP 5.0 RC3 fails to properly validate user privileges before executing photo manipulation operations, allowing unauthenticated or non-privileged remote attackers to modify or delete photos belonging to other users.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 5.0_rc3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify PhotoPost PHP installation and versionCheck your web server for PhotoPost PHP files and determine the installed version number, typically found in an About page, installer, or version file within the PhotoPost directory structureAffected if The installed version is 5.0_rc3 exactly
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Locate the adm-photo.php scriptSearch for the adm-photo.php file within your PhotoPost installation directory, typically in an admin or administrative folderAffected if The adm-photo.php file exists in the PhotoPost installation
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Test unauthenticated access to adm-photo.phpAttempt to access the adm-photo.php script directly via HTTP from an unauthenticated browser or using a tool like curl, without providing admin credentials or session cookiesAffected if The script responds without requiring authentication or privilege verification
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Verify lack of privilege validation in the scriptReview the source code of adm-photo.php to confirm there is no role-based access control (RBAC) check, session verification, or privilege validation at the beginning of the script before photo manipulation operationsAffected if The script lacks access control checks and allows photo manipulation without admin privileges
You are affected if PhotoPost PHP version 5.0_rc3 is installed, the adm-photo.php file exists, and it is accessible without authentication or privilege validation
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper role-based access control (RBAC) and session-based privilege verification at the beginning of adm-photo.php to ensure only authenticated administrators can access photo manipulation functions.
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