CVE-2024-6393 NextGEN Gallery < 3.59.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via image settings in the NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2024-6393?
CVE-2024-6393 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes, published on 25 Nov 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 3.59.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its Images 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-2024-6393?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagely Nextgen Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6393?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6393 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-2024-6393 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6393 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvmv-37h8-9j25.