CVE-2023-26016 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-26016: WordPress Simple Portfolio Gallery Plugin <= 0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Tauhidul Alam

Product Simple Portfolio Gallery

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published May 4, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tauhidul Alam Simple Portfolio Gallery plugin <= 0.1 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Simple Portfolio Gallery version 0.1 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator can inject malicious scripts through the plugin interface. When another user visits an affected page, the script executes in their browser, potentially compromising their session or stealing data. A patch version is not currently available.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious JavaScript that runs in other users' browsers when they view the gallery.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account compromise could allow an attacker to inject malware visible to all site visitors.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the injected content.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 4, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26016 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-26016

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions