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Contest Gallery CVE-2022-27853

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2022-04-18 audit@patchstack.com
XSS WordPress Contest Gallery
4.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
4.8 MEDIUM
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
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Apr 18, 2022 - 17:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionNVD

Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) <= 13.1.0.9

AnalysisAI

Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) <= 13.1.0.9. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. 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. Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) <= 13.1.0.9 Affected products include: Contest-Gallery Contest 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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