id: CVE-2022-1946
info:
name: Gallery < 2.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
author: Akincibor
severity: medium
description: The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0903920c-be2e-4515-901f-87253eb30940
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/gallery-album
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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
metadata:
google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/gallery-album/"
verified: "true"
tags: wpscan,cve2022,wp,xss,wordpress,gallery,unauth,cve,wp-plugin
requests:
- 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