Nextcellent Gallery Nextgen Legacy: Cross-site scripting

Nextcellent Gallery Nextgen Legacy 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.

CVE / CNA score 2.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 2.1 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Nextcellent Gallery Nextgen Legacy
Plugin slug: nextcellent-gallery-nextgen-legacy
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: May 08, 2014
Weakness: CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published May 08, 2014 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Nextcellent Gallery Nextgen Legacy 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.

Source record

Technical description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/manage-images.php in the NextCellent Gallery plugin before 1.19.18 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users with the NextGEN Upload images, NextGEN Manage gallery, or NextGEN Manage others gallery permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Alt & Title Text" field.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources