CVE-2022-1946: Gallery < 2.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.0.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

wpdevart Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album: before 2.0.0 — fixed in 2.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpdevart Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album 2.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0903920c-be2e-4515-901f-87253eb30940
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0903920c-be2e-4515-901f-87253eb30940

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