FKIE_CVE-2024-2744

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-17 06:15 - Updated: 2025-05-21 18:58
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
The NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin before 3.59.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5579c15-50ba-4618-95e4-04b2033d721f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5579c15-50ba-4618-95e4-04b2033d721f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
imagely nextgen_gallery *
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "0FE57FDF-E058-4183-800A-FF8881671E2E",
              "versionEndExcluding": "3.59.1",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The NextGEN Gallery  WordPress plugin before 3.59.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": " El complemento de WordPress NextGEN Gallery anterior a 3.59.1 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a usuarios con altos privilegios, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross Site Scripting incluso cuando unfiltered_html no est\u00e1 permitido."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2024-2744",
  "lastModified": "2025-05-21T18:58:27.000",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 0.9,
        "impactScore": 3.4,
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2024-05-17T06:15:51.583",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5579c15-50ba-4618-95e4-04b2033d721f/"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
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        "Third Party Advisory"
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      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5579c15-50ba-4618-95e4-04b2033d721f/"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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