Gallery Blocks with Lightbox <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24667
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published August 23, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vishnupriya Ilango
Description

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in : Simply Gallery Blocks with Lightbox (Version – 2.2.0 & below). The vulnerability exists in the Lightbox functionality where a user with low privileges is allowed to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of image parameters in meta data.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simply-gallery-block (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.1
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