CVE-2024-2296 Cross-site scripting in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads in specific WordPress configurations, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2296?
CVE-2024-2296 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, published on 6 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG file uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. CVE-2024-29833 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2296?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 10web Photo Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2296?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2296 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-2024-2296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rh8m-cg7r-67h7.