WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Photoswipe Masonry Gallery < 1.2.15 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not have authorisation and CSRF when updating its gallery settings via the update() function hooked to admin_menu, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update them and set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
photoswipe-masonry
Fixed in 1.2.15

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0750
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-patched-in-a-wordpress-photo-gallery-plugin/

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.4 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Chloe Chamberland (Wordfence)
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
16b80b13-3451-4b4f-99bd-451069780679

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-02-24 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2022-02-24 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-17 (about 4 years ago)

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