Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Picture Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12696

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, Ajax Photo List
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 January 2025

Summary

The Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List plugin for WordPress presents a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to exploit the videowhisper_picture_upload_guest shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes, leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting. When a user accesses a compromised page, arbitrary web scripts can execute, posing a significant risk to site security and user safety.

Affected Version(s)

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List * <= 1.5.22

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/picture-gallery/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3224277/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

SOPROBRO
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