CVE-2024-2762 FooGallery < 2.4.15 - Author+ Stored XSS
Authors can inject malicious scripts via gallery settings, potentially compromising admin accounts in FooGallery WordPress plugins.
- 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-2024-2762?
CVE-2024-2762 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown FooGallery , published on 13 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FooGallery WordPress plugin before 2.4.15, foogallery-premium WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not validate and escape some of its Gallery settings before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2762?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fooplugins Foogallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2762?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2762 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-2024-2762 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2762 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown 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-q2px-mjvm-3h6f.