CVE-2024-5442 NextGEN Gallery < 3.59.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the NextGEN Gallery plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5442?
CVE-2024-5442 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes , published on 13 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 3.59.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5442?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagely Nextgen Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5442?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5442 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-2024-5442 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5442 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc76-wwrm-9rgw.