# CVE-2024-29832: WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Unauthenticated Reflected Cross Site Scripting in GalleryBox current_url

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript via the current_url parameter in the GalleryBox AJAX action of the WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mq4p-h73v-pvm2

## What is CVE-2024-29832?

CVE-2024-29832 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in 10Web PhotoGallery, published on 26 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The current_url parameter of the AJAX call to the GalleryBox action of admin-ajax.php is vulnerable to reflected Cross Site Scripting. The value of the current_url parameter is embedded within an existing JavaScript within the response allowing arbitrary JavaScript to be inserted and executed. No authentication is required to exploit this issue.
Note that other parameters within a AJAX call, such as image_id, must be valid for this vulnerability to be successfully exploited.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29832?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29832?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29832 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29832 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29832 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in 10Web PhotoGallery

- [CVE-2022-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1281/): Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0169/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24139/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.55 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16119/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14313/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29832 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29832 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in 10Web PhotoGallery, published on 26 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29832 exists.

Affected product: 10Web PhotoGallery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29832/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29832/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29832
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29832
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29832

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29832/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.