Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others <= 3.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Caption Attribute
Vulnerability Description
The Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's lightbox functionality in all versions up to, and including, 3.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied caption attribute. 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 the 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
Affected Vendor
sayontan
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