CVE-2022-1971 NextCellent Gallery <= 1.9.35 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via image settings in NextCellent Gallery, leading to stored XSS in multisite environments.
- 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-2022-1971?
CVE-2022-1971 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The NextCellent Gallery WordPress plugin through 1.9.35 does not sanitise and escape some of its image settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1971?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpgetready Nextcellent Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1971 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-2022-1971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65vg-2j48-w32c.