CVE-2024-2471 FooGallery <= 2.4.14 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Attachment Fields
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via image fields, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.
- 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-2024-2471?
CVE-2024-2471 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in fooplugins Gallery by FooGallery, published on 6 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FooGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image attachment fields (such as 'Title', 'Alt Text', 'Custom URL', 'Custom Class', and 'Override Type') in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, 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-2024-2471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fooplugins Foogallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2471 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-2024-2471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in fooplugins Gallery by FooGallery
- CVE-2023-6947 Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal
- CVE-2023-44244 WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.44 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-29439 WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.35 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-6068 Cross-site scripting in Gallery by FooGallery
- CVE-2024-12119 Cross-site scripting in Gallery by FooGallery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4pjw-6qq7-rmhr.