CVE-2024-3710: image photo gallery final tiles grid vulnerability

What is known

The Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid WordPress plugin before 3.6.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-3710, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) affecting image photo gallery final tiles grid, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether image photo gallery final tiles grid is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

Sources

• NVD
• Reference