What is CVE-2022-1946?

CVE-2022-1946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdevart Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-1946?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1946 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpdevart Gallery

CVE-2022-1946

The Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.0.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wpdevart Gallery
Unknown Gallery – Image And Video With Thumbnails — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1946?: CVE-2022-1946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdevart Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-1946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1946 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.