PT-2019-13835 · Limb Gallery · Limb Gallery Plugin

Published 2019-08-15 · Updated 2019-08-21 · CVE-2019-14790

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Limb Gallery plugin version 1.4.0

Description The issue concerns a cross-site scripting (XSS) problem. It is exploited through the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=grsGalleryAjax&grsAction=shortcode" API endpoint, specifically via the task parameter.

Recommendations For Limb Gallery plugin version 1.4.0, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=grsGalleryAjax&grsAction=shortcode" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the task parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-14790

Affected Products

Limb Gallery Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/06/26/what-would-hackers-be-interested-in-the-wordpress-plugin-limb-gallery-for · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14790 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/limb-gallery/#developers · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9517 · Note