CVE-2023-5307 (GCVE-0-2023-5307)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-31 13:54 – Updated: 2025-04-22 20:03
VLAI?
Title
Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form < 21.2.8.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTTP Headers
Summary
The Photos and Files Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 21.2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks via certain headers.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Photos and Files Contest Gallery Affected: 0 , < 21.2.8.1 (custom)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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