XSS in Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery
CVE-2023-5307
The Photos and Files Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 21.2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks via certain headers.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th 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
- Contest-gallery Contest_gallery
- Unknown Photos And Files Contest Gallery — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-5307?
- CVE-2023-5307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2023-5307?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-5307 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.