WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2015-1394 Modified

Photo Gallery: Cross-site scripting

Photo Gallery 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 5.4 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Photo Gallery
Plugin slug
photo-gallery
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 08, 2020
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Feb 08, 2020 and is one of 58 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Photo Gallery 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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Photo Gallery plugin before 1.2.11 for WordPress allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sort_by, (2) sort_order, (3) items_view, (4) dir, (5) clipboard_task, (6) clipboard_files, (7) clipboard_src, or (8) clipboard_dest parameters in an addImages action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources