CVE-2021-24909: The ACF Photo Gallery Field WordPress plugin before 1.7.5 does not sanitise and escape the post parameter in the includes/acf_photo_gallery_metabox_edit.php file before outputing back in an attribute,

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

The ACF Photo Gallery Field WordPress plugin before 1.7.5 does not sanitise and escape the post parameter in the includes/acf_photo_gallery_metabox_edit.php file before outputing back in an attribute,

Package
acf-photo-gallery-field (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.7.5
Fixed in
1.7.5
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.5th percentile)
Published
2022-01-17
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordacf-photo-gallery-field (WordPress plugin) advisories

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