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WordPress Plugin: simply-gallery-block: CVE-2021-24667: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Aug 23, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in : Simply Gallery Blocks with Lightbox (Version – 2.2.0 and below). The vulnerability exists in the Lightbox functionality where a user with low privileges is allowed to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of image parameters in meta data.

Solution

simply-gallery-block-plugin-cve-2021-24667

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24667
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5de488a2-72d6-4eeb-9b92-7f5bea1ee4ff?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11579
CVE-2021-24667
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24667
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11579

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