Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Simple Gallery with Filter Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13583

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Simple Gallery With Filter
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 January 2025

Summary

The Simple Gallery with Filter plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's 'c2tw_sgwf' shortcode, allowing authenticated users with contributor-level permissions and above to inject malicious scripts into pages. This leads to the potential execution of arbitrary web scripts when a user accesses the compromised page, posing risks to both site integrity and user security.

Affected Version(s)

Simple Gallery with Filter * <= 2.0

References

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

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

Peter Thaleikis
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