Gallery by BestWebSoft: A security weakness
Gallery by BestWebSoft is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Gallery by BestWebSoft
- Plugin slug
gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 17, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Apr 17, 2023 and is one of 7 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Gallery by BestWebSoft to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Gallery by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 4.7.0 does not perform proper sanitization of gallery information, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scription vulnerability. The attacker must have at least the privileges of the Author role.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N