WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Gallery PhotoBlocks < 1.2.0 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of gallery name parameter and image caption parameter. A remote attacker (any authenticated low privileged user) can exploit this to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
photoblocks-grid-gallery
Fixed in 1.2.0

References

URL
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-091
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2340901

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
a68496ed-67d3-4761-8f1f-d64424bec529

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-07-29 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-07-29 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-08-06 (about 5 years ago)

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