# CVE-2024-37442: WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery plugin < 5.7.1 - HTML Injection vulnerability

> An HTML injection vulnerability in the Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious code, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Low 3.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2grw-cv7g-wxwm

## What is CVE-2024-37442?

CVE-2024-37442 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by Ays, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in Photo Gallery Team Photo Gallery by Ays allows Code Injection.This issue affects Photo Gallery by Ays: from n/a before 5.7.1.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37442?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ays-Pro Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Photo Gallery by Ays

- [CVE-2016-10921](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10921/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24462/): Photo Gallery by Ays - Responsive Image Gallery < 4.4.4 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-32107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32107/): WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays Plugin <= 5.1.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-2568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2568/): Photo Gallery by Ays < 5.1.7 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-39917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39917/): WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays Plugin <= 5.2.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37442 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by Ays, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Photo Gallery by Ays. 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-2024-37442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37442/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.