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CVE-2024-5442

MEDIUM
Published 2024-07-13T06:00:11.530Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.114
Higher than 11.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

Description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 3.59.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Unknown

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes

Affected Versions:

0
imagely

nextgen_gallery

Affected Versions:

0

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Patched

Published

June 22, 2024

Software Details

Software Name

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery

Software Slug

nextgen-gallery

Affected Versions

* - 3.59.2

Patched Versions

3.59.3

Remediation

Update to version 3.59.3, or a newer patched version

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/001f25c8-d9b5-4b24-9cd1-be726916079c?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-pc76-wwrm-9rgw

Advisory Details

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 3.59.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5442
WEB https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f1fa417-f760-4132-95c2-a38d0b631263

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 13, 2024, Modified: August 1, 2024

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f1fa417-f760-4132-95c2-a38d0b631263/
Published: 2024-07-13T06:00:11.530Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.789Z
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