PT-2025-6439 · WordPress · Ngg Smart Image Search

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2025-02-12 · Updated 2025-02-12 · CVE-2024-13658

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NGG Smart Image Search plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.2.1

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's hr SIS nextgen searchbox shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.2.1, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue in the hr SIS nextgen searchbox shortcode. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the hr SIS nextgen searchbox shortcode to prevent exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13658

Affected Products

Ngg Smart Image Search

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13658 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3233519%40ngg-smart-image-search&new=3233519%40ngg-smart-image-search&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d916e320-e78b-4305-a4da-10c6fb8db41a?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/17817 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1889637244958355670 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1889673514094874939 · Twitter Post