CVE-2021-24882 (GCVE-0-2021-24882)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-23 19:16 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
Slideshow Gallery < 1.7.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Slideshow Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 does not sanitise and escape the Slide "Title", "Description", and Gallery "Title" fields, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1723 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Slideshow Gallery Affected: 1.7.4 , < 1.7.4 (custom)
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Credits
Tyler Miller
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