Image Gallery With Slideshow: Cross-site scripting
Image Gallery With Slideshow is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Image Gallery With Slideshow
- Plugin slug
image-gallery-with-slideshow- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 14, 2017
This CVE was published Sep 14, 2017 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Image Gallery With Slideshow 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
Vulnerability in wordpress plugin image-gallery-with-slideshow v1.5.2, There is a stored XSS vulnerability via the $value->gallery_name and $value->gallery_description where anyone with privileges to modify or add galleries/images and inject javascript into the database.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N