Contest Gallery Plugin up to 24.0.3 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Contest Gallery Plugin up to 24.0.3 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-56237. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Contest Gallery Plugin up to 24.0.3 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Contest Gallery Contest Gallery allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through 24.0.3.

The weakness was published by Thiennv. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56237 since 12/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 🔍
01/02/2025 +15 days 🔍
01/02/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/16/2025 +45 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Thiennv
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-56237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-56237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290055

Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2025 14:24
Updated: 02/16/2025 03:17
Changes: 01/02/2025 14:24 (63), 02/16/2025 03:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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