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medium 6.1

CVE-2019-14790 json

The limb-gallery (aka Limb Gallery) plugin 1.4.0 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=grsGalleryAjax&grsAction=shor…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5922

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The limb-gallery (aka Limb Gallery) plugin 1.4.0 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=grsGalleryAjax&grsAction=shortcode task parameter,

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Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • pluginvulnerabilities.com https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/06/26/what-would-hackers-be-interested-in-the-wordpress-plugin-limb-gallery-for/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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