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CVE-2024-2328: Real Media Library <= 4.22.11 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image title and alt text in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• devowl Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager: before 4.22.11 — fixed in 4.22.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: devowl Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager 4.22.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-media-library-lite/trunk/inc/view/Gutenberg.php#L70
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3067589%40real-media-library-lite%2Ftrunk&old=3056657%40real-media-library-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d359dc78-fc90-4570-a768-5f1a05f865e1?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-media-library-lite/trunk/inc/view/Gutenberg.php#L70
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3067589%40real-media-library-lite%2Ftrunk&old=3056657%40real-media-library-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d359dc78-fc90-4570-a768-5f1a05f865e1?source=cve

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