CVE-2023-5307 (GCVE-0-2023-5307)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-31 13:54 – Updated: 2025-04-22 20:03
VLAI
Title
Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form < 21.2.8.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTTP Headers
Summary
The Photos and Files Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 21.2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks via certain headers.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-22 20:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2048 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Photos and Files Contest Gallery Affected: 0 , < 21.2.8.1 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
Show details on NVD website
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