# CVE-2021-24291: Photo Gallery < 1.5.69 - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via GET parameters in the Photo Gallery WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69rf-m6w3-jf8j

## What is CVE-2021-24291?

CVE-2021-24291 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, published on 14 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.5.69 was vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues via the gallery_id, tag, album_id and _id GET parameters passed to the bwg_frontend_data AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users)

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24291?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24291 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24291 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Photo Gallery by 10Web <1.5.69 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24291.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

- [CVE-2022-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1281/): Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0169/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24139/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.55 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16119/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14313/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24291 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24291 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, published on 14 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24291 exists.

Affected product: Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery. 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-2021-24291/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24291/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24291
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24291
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24291

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24291/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.