WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-25090 Modified

Portfolio Gallery, Product Catalog: Cross-site scripting

Portfolio Gallery, Product Catalog 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 · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Portfolio Gallery, Product Catalog
Plugin slug
portfolio-gallery,-product-catalog---grid-kit-portfolio
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 11, 2022
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Apr 11, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Portfolio Gallery, Product Catalog 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 Portfolio Gallery, Product Catalog WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in various functions related to AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to call them. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also allows attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks on pages where a Portfolio is embed

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

Primary and upstream sources