Vulnerability · Published Jan 17, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24909ACF Photo Gallery Field < 1.7.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ACF Photo Gallery Field from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ACF Photo Gallery Field WordPress plugin before 1.7.5 does not sanitise and escape the post parameter in the includes/acf_photo_gallery_metabox_edit.php file before outputing back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown ACF Photo Gallery Field 1.7.5 – before 1.7.5

Weakness: CWE-79

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