CVE-2024-29833 WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Stored Cross Site Scripting in UploadHandler
An attacker can inject malicious scripts via SVG uploads that bypass sanitization, affecting both authenticated and unauthenticated users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-29833?
CVE-2024-29833 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in 10Web PhotoGallery, published on 26 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 image upload component allows SVG files and the regular expression used to remove script tags can be bypassed by using a Cross Site Scripting payload which does not match the regular expression; one example of this is the inclusion of whitespace within the script tag. An attacker must target an authenticated user with permissions to access this feature, however once uploaded the payload is also accessible to unauthenticated users.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29833?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 10web Photo Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-29833?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29833 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-2024-29833 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29833 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in 10Web PhotoGallery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-48f8-hxqq-cjj3.