CVE-2024-5968 Photo Gallery by 10Web <= 1.8.27 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via gallery settings, leading to stored XSS attacks in WordPress installations.
- 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-2024-5968?
CVE-2024-5968 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web, published on 9 Oct 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 by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.8.28 does not properly sanitise and escape some of its Gallery 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-2024-5968?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 10web Photo Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5968?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5968 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-2024-5968 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qc52-868v-6vh4.