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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-25603
CVE-2022-25603:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the MaxGalleria WordPress plugin version 6.2.5 and earlier. The vulnerability was identified on February 2, 2022, and requires author or higher user role privileges to exploit (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) with a CVSS severity score of 4.8 (Low). The issue affects versions 6.2.7 and earlier of the MaxGalleria WordPress plugin (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with author-level privileges to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in version 6.2.8 of the MaxGalleria plugin. Users are advised to update to version 6.2.8 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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