Cross-site scripting in WordPress Gallery Plugin - NextGEN Gallery - CVE-2018-1000172
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19671
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000172
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Imagely
Affected software:
WordPress Gallery Plugin - NextGEN Gallery
WordPress Gallery Plugin - NextGEN Gallery
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a victim viewing the image in the administrator page. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.2.45. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000172
Update to version 2.2.45.