Fortinet Discovers WordPress Plugin 10Web Photo Gallery Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WordPress plugin 10Web Photo Gallery.


Photo Gallery by 10 Web is a leading WordPress plugin for building beautiful mobile-friendly galleries in a few minutes. The plugin has a paid version and has over 300,000+ active installations.


Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities have been discovered in Photo Gallery Plugin version 1.5.45. The vulnerabilities are caused by improper sanitization of user input in the galleries/image edit page.


Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

WordPress.Plugin.10WebGallery.XSS
Released Feb 20, 2020

Users should update the plugin to the latest version (1.5.46).


Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to 10Web.io Team on February 04, 2020 

10Web.io Team confirmed the vulnerability on  February 05, 2020 

10Web.io Team patched the vulnerability on  February 20, 2020 

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

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