FooGallery <= 1.8.12 - Cross-Site Scripting

2020-06-01 00:00

Pablo Santiago

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.18

Affected PluginPhoto Gallery by FooGallery : Responsive Image Gallery, Masonry Gallery & Carousel

Affected Version<= 1.8.12

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2019-20182

View all Photo Gallery by FooGallery : Responsive Image Gallery, Masonry Gallery & Carousel vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The FooGallery plugin 1.8.12 for WordPress allow XSS via the post_title parameter. Please note this requires administrative privileges to exploit.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.18, 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-2019-20182 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e6a9ae9e-17f2-4fcb-8428-f6bf1a500bc4

CVSS Vector

4.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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