CVE-2024-5968

The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.8.28 does not properly sanitise and escape some of its Gallery settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db73e8d8-feb1-4daa-937e-a73969a93bcc/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:10web:photo_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

06 May 2025, 18:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		10web 10web photo Gallery
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:10web:photo_gallery::::::wordpress::*
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db73e8d8-feb1-4daa-937e-a73969a93bcc/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db73e8d8-feb1-4daa-937e-a73969a93bcc/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

05 Nov 2024, 19:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8

10 Oct 2024, 12:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El complemento Photo Gallery by 10Web de WordPress anterior a la versión 1.8.28 no desinfecta ni escapa adecuadamente algunas de las configuraciones de la galería, lo que podría permitir que usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realicen ataques de Cross-site Scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio).

09 Oct 2024, 06:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-10-09 06:15

Updated : 2025-05-06 18:21

NVD link : CVE-2024-5968

Mitre link : CVE-2024-5968

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-5968

JSON object : View

Products Affected

10web

photo_gallery

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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4.8 /10