What is CVE-2024-5442?

CVE-2024-5442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen_gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-5442?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5442 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Imagely Nextgen_gallery

CVE-2024-5442

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 3.59.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Imagely Nextgen_gallery
Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5442?: CVE-2024-5442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen_gallery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-5442?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5442 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.