CVE-2020-9334
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Envira Photo Gallery WordPress plugin versions through 1.7.6. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 25, 2020, and assigned identifier CVE-2020-9334. This security flaw affects the WordPress plugin Envira Photo Gallery, which is used for creating and managing photo galleries on WordPress websites (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored XSS issue (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Under CVSS v2.0, it scored 3.5 (Low) with the vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an authenticated low-privileged user to inject arbitrary JavaScript code that could be viewed and executed by other users accessing the affected pages. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or manipulation of website content (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with low privileges to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, but user interaction is required for successful exploitation. There is no public information available about active exploitation in the wild (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update their Envira Photo Gallery plugin to a version newer than 1.7.6 to address this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented in subsequent versions of the plugin (WordPress Plugin).

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