WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 2.1.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2015-9229
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published September 14, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher cybersecurityworks
Description

In the nggallery-manage-gallery page in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.15 for WordPress, XSS is possible for remote authenticated administrators via the images[1][alttext] parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug nextgen-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.15
Patched Version
  • 2.1.23
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