CVE-2024-6262 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-6262

Portfolio Gallery – Image Gallery Plugin <= 1.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Portfolio Gallery – Image Gallery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'PFG' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Craig Smith

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Affected Vendor

awordpresslife

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Affected Software

Portfolio Filter Gallery
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 27th, 2024
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact