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 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: 0.00097 epss-percentile: 0.40069 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: wpscan,cve2022,wp,xss,wordpress,gallery,unauth,cve,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=' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'wpdevar_gall_img_url_h[]' - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100ce8a892cfacabe365495b3f7a4777f391f6214458a2ae4664cd275e6af18f92c022100c19c580f0758d2038fa07a73c8970e509bafcaf089d549900a0281726b6820e7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950