Medium severity · published Apr 30, 2018
CVE-2018-1000172
Imagely NextGEN Gallery version 2.2.30 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Image Alt & Title Text
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Imagely NextGEN Gallery version 2.2.30 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Image Alt & Title Text. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim viewing the image in the administrator page. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.2.45.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NG
Nextgen Gallery · Imagely
through 2.2.30 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000172
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000172
Third Party Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-215
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
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