Description

WordPress Plugin Gallery-Responsive Photo and Video Gallery by Limb is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Gallery-Responsive Photo and Video Gallery by Limb version 1.3.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.4.1 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/06/26/what-would-hackers-be-interested-in-the-wordpress-plugin-limb-gallery-for/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/limb-gallery/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-14790 CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update XSS