What is CVE-2023-2402?

CVE-2023-2402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in I13websolution Photo Gallery Slideshow \& Masonry Tiled, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-2402?

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

Is CVE-2023-2402 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in I13websolution Photo Gallery Slideshow \& Masonry Tiled

CVE-2023-2402

The Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search_term parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-41658 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2402?: CVE-2023-2402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in I13websolution Photo Gallery Slideshow \& Masonry Tiled, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-2402?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2402 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.