Vigil@nce - WordPress Gallery Images: Cross Site Scripting
January 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Gallery Images, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 24/11/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Gallery Images plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Gallery Images, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Gallery-Images-Cross-Site-Scripting-21201