What is CVE-2015-9229?

CVE-2015-9229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-9229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9229 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Imagely Nextgen Gallery

CVE-2015-9229

In the nggallery-manage-gallery page in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.15 for WordPress, XSS is possible for remote authenticated administrators via the images[1][alttext] parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Imagely Nextgen_gallery — versions 2.1.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9229?: CVE-2015-9229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-9229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.