NextGEN Gallery Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-2744

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Nextgen Gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 May 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-2744?

The NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin before 3.59.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected Version(s)

NextGEN Gallery 0 < 3.59.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-2744 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5579c15-50ba-4618-95e4-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
.