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CVE-2022-27853: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin versions 13.1.0.9 and earlier. The vulnerability was identified on December 20, 2021, and was assigned CVE-2022-27853 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS severity rating of Low (4.8). The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with author or higher role privileges to exploit. This security issue affects the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin, which is used for creating galleries and managing contests on WordPress websites (Patchstack Database).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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 Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 14.0.0 of the Contest Gallery plugin. Users are advised to update to version 14.0.0 or later to remove the vulnerability. The fix was released shortly after the vulnerability was discovered (Patchstack Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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