# CVE-2017-1002011: Cross-site scripting in image-gallery-with-slideshow

> Stored XSS in WordPress image-gallery-with-slideshow plugin allows attackers with gallery modification privileges to inject malicious scripts.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7x7r-fcfg-xc97

## What is CVE-2017-1002011?

CVE-2017-1002011 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Anblik image-gallery-with-slideshow, published on 14 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in wordpress plugin image-gallery-with-slideshow v1.5.2, There is a stored XSS vulnerability via the $value->gallery_name and $value->gallery_description where anyone with privileges to modify or add galleries/images and inject javascript into the database.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1002011?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Anblik Image-Gallery-With-Slideshow.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1002011?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1002011 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1002011 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1002011 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Anblik image-gallery-with-slideshow

- [CVE-2017-1002012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002012/): SQL injection in image-gallery-with-slideshow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1002013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002013/): SQL injection in image-gallery-with-slideshow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1002014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002014/): SQL injection in image-gallery-with-slideshow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1002015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002015/): SQL injection in image-gallery-with-slideshow (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1002011 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1002011 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Anblik image-gallery-with-slideshow, published on 14 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1002011 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Anblik image-gallery-with-slideshow. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002011/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002011/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1002011
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1002011
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1002011

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1002011/
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