CVE-2022-0873 Gmedia Photo Gallery < 1.20.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via album names in Gmedia Photo Gallery, leading to stored XSS attacks on embedded media pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0873?
CVE-2022-0873 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Gmedia Photo Gallery, published on 16 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Gmedia Photo Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.20.0 does not sanitise and escape the Album's name before outputting it in pages/posts with a media embed, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered-html capability is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Codeasily Gmedia Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0873 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-2022-0873 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0873 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcj2-mgf2-prv8.