CVE-2022-1327: Image Gallery - Grid Gallery < 1.1.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Image Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not sanitize and escape some of its Image fields, which could allow high-privileged users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

Image Gallery – Grid Gallery: before 1.1.6 — fixed in 1.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Image Gallery – Grid Gallery 1.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b71eb38-0a4a-49d1-96bc-84bbe675be1e
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b71eb38-0a4a-49d1-96bc-84bbe675be1e

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