CVE-2024-12696: Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List <= 1.5.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via videowhisper_pic...
Description
The Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's videowhisper_picture_upload_guest shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-12696
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: videowhisper
Product: Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 24.19% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-16 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a116c846-72df-4701-893a-744a26b191d6?source=cvehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/picture-gallery/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3224277/