What is CVE-2021-24529?

CVE-2021-24529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awplife Grid Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-24529?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24529 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Awplife Grid Gallery

CVE-2021-24529

The Grid Gallery – Photo Image Grid Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.2.5 does not properly sanitize the title field for image galleries when adding them via the admin dashboard, resulting in an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Awplife Grid_gallery
Unknown Grid Gallery – Photo Image — versions 1.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24529?: CVE-2021-24529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awplife Grid Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-24529?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24529 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.