CVE-2022-0186 Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid < 3.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can inject malicious scripts via gallery descriptions, potentially compromising other users' sessions in the WordPress dashboard.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2022-0186?

CVE-2022-0186 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid, published on 21 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not sanitise and escape the Description field when editing a gallery, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users having access to the gallery dashboard

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0186?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Machothemes Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-0186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4gvq-h6xw-fx34.

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