Gallery Blocks with Lightbox. Image Gallery, (HTML5 video , YouTube, Vimeo) Video Gallery and Lightbox for native gallery <= 3.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via galleryID and className Parameters

2024-06-27 20:19
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Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.2.2
Affected PluginSimpLy Gallery
Affected Version<= 3.2.1
CVSS6.4Medium
CVECVE-2024-5424
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Vulnerability Overview

The Gallery Blocks with Lightbox. Image Gallery, (HTML5 video , YouTube, Vimeo) Video Gallery and Lightbox for native gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘galleryID’ and 'className' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.2.2, 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

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