Contest Gallery <= 13.1.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-12-20 12:39

Ngo Van Thien

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 14.0.0

Affected PluginContest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe

Affected Version<= 13.1.0.9

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-27853

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Vulnerability Overview

Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) <= 13.1.0.9

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 14.0.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27853 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78f745f9-c44e-4458-9381-f639c842a31e

CVSS Vector

6.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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