CVE-2024-5647

Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Magnific Popups JavaScript Library

2025-07-02 00:00
Webbernaut

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.2.23
Affected Plugin
Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider
Affected Version
<= 3.2.22
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2024-5647
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At a glance

CVE-2024-5647 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Robo Gallery WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.22. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.2.23; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2025, reported by Webbernaut.

Vulnerability Overview

Multiple plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bundled Magnific Popups library (version 1.1.0) in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was fixed in the upstream library (Magnific Popups version 1.2.0) by disabling the loading of HTML within certain fields by default.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Reaching this weakness in Robo Gallery <= 3.2.22 takes an account at Contributor level or above. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For Robo Gallery the fix is 3.2.23: builds <= 3.2.22 are affected, anything from 3.2.23 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.2.23, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Robo Gallery 3.2.23 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5647https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dae80fc2-3076-4a32-876d-5df1c62de9bdhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5647

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