CVE-2022-0873: Gmedia Photo Gallery < 1.20.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Gmedia Photo Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.20.0 does not sanitise and escape the Album's name before outputting it in pages/posts with a media embed, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered-html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Gmedia Photo Gallery: before 1.20.0 — fixed in 1.20.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gmedia Photo Gallery 1.20.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5ce4b8a-9aa5-4df8-b521-c2105990a87e
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5ce4b8a-9aa5-4df8-b521-c2105990a87e

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