#VU105940 Stored cross-site scripting in Picture Gallery - Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List - CVE-2024-12696

Vulnerability identifier: #VU105940

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12696

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Picture Gallery - Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: VideoWhisper.com

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the videowhisper_picture_upload_guest shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Picture Gallery - Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List: 1.5.6 - 1.5.22

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External links
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3224277/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/picture-gallery/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a116c846-72df-4701-893a-744a26b191d6?source=cve

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.