CVE-2024-12119 Cross-site scripting in Gallery by FooGallery

Medium 6.4 Published 8 Mar 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via album title size settings, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-12119?

CVE-2024-12119 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in fooplugins Gallery by FooGallery, published on 8 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The FooGallery – Responsive Photo Gallery, Image Viewer, Justified, Masonry & Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the default_gallery_title_size parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.29 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with granted gallery and album creator roles, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12119?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fooplugins Foogallery.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12119?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12119 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-2024-12119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-99wr-49f2-r3c7.