Slideshow Gallery <= 1.1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

2012-01-26 00:00

Bret Hawk

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginSlideshow Gallery

Affected Version<= 1.1.4

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2012-5229

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in css/gallery-css.php in the Slideshow Gallery2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the border parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2012-5229 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/396a7101-e6da-49c1-87a3-25792f3a7b76

CVSS Vector

7.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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