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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-3894
CVE-2024-3894:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Photo Gallery, Images, Slider in Rbs Image Gallery plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-3894) that affects all versions up to and including 3.2.19. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 19, 2024, impacting WordPress installations with the affected plugin (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Image Title functionality. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 3.2.19 if available. Until an update is applied, it is recommended to restrict access to image title editing capabilities to trusted administrators only (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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