What is CVE-2022-1971?

CVE-2022-1971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpgetready Nextcellent Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-1971?

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

Is CVE-2022-1971 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpgetready Nextcellent Gallery

CVE-2022-1971

The NextCellent Gallery WordPress plugin through 1.9.35 does not sanitise and escape some of its image settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.6th 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

Wpgetready Nextcellent_gallery
Unknown Nextcellent Gallery – Nextgen Legacy — versions 1.9.35

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-2022-1971?: CVE-2022-1971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpgetready Nextcellent Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-1971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1971 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.