{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27853 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-27853 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin), published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27853 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-27853 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin), published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27853 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27853/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-27853","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27853/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-27853","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hqfw-qph2-8f38"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Contest Gallery plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"contest_gallery","vendor":"contest-gallery"}],"cvss":{"score":4.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) \u003c= 13.1.0.9","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Contest Gallery plugin \u003c= 13.1.0.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-27853","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Psychological tests \u0026 quizzes (WordPress plugin)","id":"CVE-2022-27854"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress KB Support plugin \u003c= 1.5.5 - Multiple Unauth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2022-27852"},"products":["Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin)"],"published":"2022-04-18","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Contest Gallery \u003c= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover","id":"CVE-2024-11103","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-28"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SQL injection in Contest Gallery – Upload \u0026 Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal \u0026 Stripe","id":"CVE-2024-10687","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Contest Gallery","id":"CVE-2019-5974","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-05"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"WordPress Contest Gallery plugin \u003c= 21.3.4 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-32778","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-09"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"WordPress Contest Gallery plugin \u003c= 21.3.4 - SQL Injection vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-30236","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-28"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"WordPress Photos and Files Contest Gallery plugin \u003c= 21.3.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-30238","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-27"},{"cvss_score":7.6,"headline":"WordPress Contest Gallery plugin \u003c= 25.1.0 - SQL Injection vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-22693","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Contest Gallery"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Contest Gallery plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27853/"}