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Title: cpg1.5.36 Security release - upgrade mandatory!
Post by: Αndré on May 07, 2015, 12:12:44 pm
The Coppermine development team is releasing a security update for Coppermine in order to counter a recently discovered vulnerability. It is important that all users who run version cpg1.5.34 or older update to this latest version as soon as possible.

How to update:
Users running versions prior to 1.5.36 should update immediately by downloading (https://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/Coppermine/1.5.x/cpg1.5.36.zip/download) the latest version from the download page (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89658) and following the upgrade steps in the documentation (http://documentation.coppermine-gallery.net/en/upgrading.htm).

Support:
If you have problems with this update, please use the Update support board (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?board=90.0). Do not post your issues to this announcement thread - your post will be deleted without notice.

Why was cpg1.5.36 released?
The release covers a recently discovered XSS vulnerability that allows (if unpatched) a malevolent visitor to include own script routines under certain conditions. Furthermore, an open redirect issue and a directory enumeration issue have been fixed.

Additionally, cpg1.5.36 includes fixes for the following non-security related issues:
Thanks to Mahendra (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?action=profile;u=171083) for discovering the vulnerability.


The Coppermine Team
Title: Re: cpg1.5.36 Security release - upgrade mandatory!
Post by: Αndré on May 07, 2015, 01:45:59 pm
Users running PHP 4, please read this (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,76999.0.html).
Title: Re: cpg1.5.36 Security release - upgrade mandatory!
Post by: phill104 on May 07, 2015, 01:58:17 pm
Thank you Andre (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?action=profile;u=24278) for all your hard work in fixing this when you are so busy. Also big thanks to gmc (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?action=profile;u=27045) for help in testing and code suggestions.
Title: Re: cpg1.5.36 Security release - upgrade mandatory!
Post by: jflash on May 07, 2015, 02:31:29 pm
Good work!
Title: Re: cpg1.5.36 Security release - upgrade mandatory!
Post by: zeroresearch on May 08, 2015, 03:50:03 pm
Great job guys!

Thanks for the quick response from greg too.

cheerrs