Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2402

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

Summary

The Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery plugin for WordPress is affected by a critical vulnerability related to reflected cross-site scripting. This vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the handling of the search_term parameter. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could potentially exploit this weakness to inject arbitrary web scripts into the plugin's pages. If a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link, the injected scripts may execute in the context of their session, potentially compromising user data and site integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery * <= 1.0.13

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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