CVE-2024-1487 Photos and Files Contest Gallery < 21.3.1 - Author+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-1487?

CVE-2024-1487 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Photos and Files Contest Gallery, published on 11 Mar 2024. 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 Photos and Files Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 21.3.1 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1487?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1487?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1487 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-2024-1487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photos and Files Contest Gallery

• CVE-2024-11103 Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-10687 SQL injection in Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-5974 Cross-site request forgery in Contest Gallery High 8.8
• CVE-2024-32778 WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.4 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability High 8.5
• CVE-2024-30236 WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.4 - SQL Injection vulnerability High 8.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5xcj-6x8h-ff6h.