CVE-2008-1469
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 · uneditedGallarific Free Edition 1.1 does not require authentication for (1) photos.php, (2) comments.php, and (3) gallery.php in gadmin/, which allows remote attackers to edit objects via a direct request, different vectors than CVE-2008-1327. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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 confidenceGallarific Free Edition 1.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the gadmin/ directory. The files photos.php, comments.php, and gallery.php can be accessed without authentication, allowing remote attackers to directly modify gallery objects (photos, comments, and gallery configurations) via direct HTTP requests.
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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= 1.1CVSS 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
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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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Confirm Gallarific installationSearch the web root for Gallarific-specific files such as gadmin/photos.php, gadmin/comments.php, gadmin/gallery.php, or a file named index.php containing 'Gallarific' in the page sourceAffected if The gadmin/ directory with photos.php, comments.php, or gallery.php exists in the web root
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Verify the product versionLook for a version identifier in files such as readme.txt, version.php, or in the HTML source of any Gallarific page (often in a footer comment)Affected if The installed version is Gallarific 1.1 Free Edition
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Check if gadmin directory is web-accessibleAttempt to access http://target/gadmin/ directly via HTTP request or curlAffected if The gadmin directory returns a response rather than a 403 or 404 error
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Test for authentication bypass on vulnerable scriptsSend a direct HTTP request to http://target/gadmin/photos.php, http://target/gadmin/comments.php, or http://target/gadmin/gallery.php without providing any authentication credentialsAffected if The request returns a functional admin interface or allows modification of gallery objects without requiring a login
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Inspect admin script authentication logicExamine the PHP code in gadmin/photos.php, gadmin/comments.php, and gadmin/gallery.php for session checks, authentication includes, or login validation at the beginning of each fileAffected if No authentication or session validation code is present at the start of these files
The environment is affected if Gallarific 1.1 is installed and the gadmin/ directory with its PHP files is accessible without requiring authentication credentials.
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 dataRestrict access to the gadmin/ directory by implementing proper authentication and session validation for all admin scripts, or move sensitive files outside the web root.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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