CVE-2022-4651: Justified Gallery < 1.7.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Justified Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Affected products

Justified Gallery: before 1.7.1 — fixed in 1.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Justified Gallery 1.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d8182075-7472-48c8-8e9d-94b12ab6fcf6
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d8182075-7472-48c8-8e9d-94b12ab6fcf6

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