WordPress plugin
Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid <= 2.17.1 — Unauthenticated CSS Injection
CVE-2022-2543Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.17.1Update to 2.18.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Gallery by Visual Portfolio visual-portfolio
- Affected≤ 2.17.1
- Patched in2.18.0
Update to 2.18.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.17.1. Version 2.18.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Gallery by Visual Portfolio.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.18.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Gallery by Visual Portfolio to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Krzysztof Zając.
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSS injection via the REST API in versions up to, and including, 2.17.0. This allows unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary CSS into saved layouts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion ≤3.5.1Update to 3.5.2 | CVE-2026-32537 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via FancyBox JavaScript Library ≤3.59.4Update to 3.59.5 | CVE-2024-5020 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via title_tag Parameter ≤3.3.2Update to 3.3.3 | CVE-2024-4363 | |
| Medium4.3 | Contributor+ CSS Injection ≤2.18.0Update to 2.19.0 | CVE-2022-2597 |
- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion
≤3.5.1Update to 3.5.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via FancyBox JavaScript Library
≤3.59.4Update to 3.59.5
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via title_tag Parameter
≤3.3.2Update to 3.3.3
- Medium4.3Contributor+ CSS Injection
≤2.18.0Update to 2.19.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.