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CVE-2024-5442

MEDIUM 5.9 CVSS 3.1
Published
July 13, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 3.59.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected WordPress components

  • Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery Plugin · nextgen-gallery
    Confirmed match Active
    Before 3.59.3
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes — Before 3.59.3
  • imagely nextgen_gallery — Before 3.59.3

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f1fa417-f760-4132-95c2-a38d0b631263/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record