Grid Gallery – Photo Image Grid Gallery <= 1.2.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-07-21 00:00

Amal E Thamban

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.5

Affected PluginGrid Gallery – for Photo Gallery, Image Gallery & Portfolio

Affected Version< 1.2.5

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2021-24529

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Vulnerability Overview

The Grid Gallery – Photo Image Grid Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.2.5 does not properly sanitize the title field for image galleries when adding them via the admin dashboard, resulting in an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.5, 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-2021-24529 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db7903ef-f4e5-452b-b88a-a3933ced833f

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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