CVE-2015-9229

WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 2.1.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En la página nggallery-manage-gallery en el plugin Photocrati NextGEN Gallery 2.1.15 para WordPress, es posible que los administradores remotos autenticados realicen un ataque de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) mediante el parámetro images[1][alttext].

*Credits: cybersecurityworks

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-09-14 CVE Published
2017-09-12 CVE Reserved
2023-07-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9229-nextgen-gallery.html	2024-08-06
https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/5	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Imagely Search vendor "Imagely"		Nextgen Gallery Search vendor "Imagely" for product "Nextgen Gallery"				2.1.15 Search vendor "Imagely" for product "Nextgen Gallery" and version "2.1.15"		wordpress		Affected