Vulnerability · Published Jun 27, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-1971NextCellent Gallery <= 1.9.35 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The NextCellent Gallery WordPress plugin through 1.9.35 does not sanitise and escape some of its image settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy | 1.9.35 – through 1.9.35 |
Weakness: CWE-79