Nextgen Gallery
CVE-2015-9229
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionCVE.org
In the nggallery-manage-gallery page in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.15 for WordPress, XSS is possible for remote authenticated administrators via the images[1][alttext] parameter.
AnalysisAI
In the nggallery-manage-gallery page in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.15 for WordPress, XSS is possible for remote authenticated administrators via the images[1][alttext] parameter. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. In the nggallery-manage-gallery page in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.15 for WordPress, XSS is possible for remote authenticated administrators via the images[1][alttext] parameter. Affected products include: Imagely Nextgen Gallery.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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