CVE-2021-24882: The Slideshow Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 does not sanitise and escape the Slide "Title", "Description", and Gallery "Title" fields, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-S

medium Affects slideshow-gallery (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Slideshow Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 does not sanitise and escape the Slide "Title", "Description", and Gallery "Title" fields, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-S

Package
slideshow-gallery (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.7.4
Fixed in
1.7.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.4th percentile)
Published
2021-11-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordslideshow-gallery (WordPress plugin) advisories

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