Photo Gallery by Ays: Cross-site scripting
Photo Gallery by Ays 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
- Photo Gallery by Ays
- Plugin slug
photo-gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 12, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Jun 12, 2023 and is one of 58 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Photo Gallery by Ays 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 Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N