CVE-2021-24515 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Video Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not escape the Title and Description of the videos in a gallery before outputting them in attributes, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Published: 2021-10-25

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Video Gallery - Vimeo and YouTube Gallery

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.1.5`	affected	< 1.1.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:origincode:video_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11427	The Video Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not escape the Title and Description of the videos in a gallery before outputting them in attributes, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00598.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bbea7fe-e966-406b-ad06-0206fcc6f0a0

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Origincode Video Gallery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-10-25T13:20:41.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.135Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24515

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-25T14:15:10.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:09.940

Link: CVE-2021-24515

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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