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CVE-2024-31120
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2024-31120) is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue affecting the WordPress plugin Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album through version 2.0.3. This security flaw was discovered by researcher LVT-tholv2k and publicly disclosed on March 29, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with contributor-level access or higher to exploit (WPScan).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit. It has been classified as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

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