What is CVE-2024-1487?

CVE-2024-1487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-gallery Contest_gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-1487?

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

Is CVE-2024-1487 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Contest-gallery Contest_gallery

CVE-2024-1487

The Photos and Files Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 21.3.1 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th 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

Contest-gallery Contest_gallery
Unknown Photos And Files Contest Gallery — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1487?: CVE-2024-1487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-gallery Contest_gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-1487?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1487 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.