# CVE-2022-2597: Visual Portfolio < 2.19.0 - Contributor+ CSS Injection

> Contributors can inject arbitrary CSS into saved layouts due to missing authorization checks in REST endpoints of the Visual Portfolio WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/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:** 5 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wqvx-8x2r-w74f

## What is CVE-2022-2597?

CVE-2022-2597 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid, published on 5 Sep 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 Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.19.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2597?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Visualportfolio Visual Portfolio\, Photo Gallery \& Post Grid.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2597?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2597 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid

- [CVE-2022-2543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2543/): Visual Portfolio < 2.18.0 - Unauthenticated CSS Injection (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2597 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2597 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid, published on 5 Sep 2022. 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-2022-2597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid. 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-2022-2597/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2597/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2597
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2597
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2597

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2597/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.