Contest Gallery Plugin up to 21.3.5 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Contest Gallery Plugin up to 21.3.5 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-30428. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contest Gallery Plugin up to 21.3.5 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 24.0.3.

The weakness was shared by Dimas Maulana. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-30428 since 03/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/27/2024 🔍
03/29/2024 +2 days 🔍
03/29/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/01/2026 +733 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Dimas Maulana
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-30428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-30428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258674

Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2024 15:18
Updated: 04/01/2026 22:26
Changes: 03/29/2024 15:18 (62), 05/07/2024 23:13 (1), 02/27/2025 20:44 (13), 04/10/2025 21:43 (3), 04/01/2026 22:26 (1)
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