Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.1 — Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-29424Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤9.7.1Update to 9.7.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.1
- CVSS
- 6.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) image-hover-effects-ultimate
- Affected≤ 9.7.1
- Patched in9.7.2
Update to 9.7.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 9.7.1. Version 9.7.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ).
- 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 9.7.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguy Minh Tuan.
Authenticated (admin or higher user role) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.7.1 at WordPress. Please note that this is separate from CVE-2021-25031.
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
More in Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )
All 10| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'oxi_image_comparison_before_text' Parameter ≤9.12.2Update to 9.12.3 | CVE-2026-118056 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library ≤1.7.1031Update to 1.7.1032 | CVE-2025-5092 | |
| Medium5.5 | 9.8.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting 9.8.1 – 9.8.4Update to 9.8.5 | CVE-2022-4207 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update ≤9.7.1Update to 9.7.2 | CVE-2022-42459 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL ≤9.7.3Update to 9.8.0 | CVE-2022-2935 |
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'oxi_image_comparison_before_text' Parameter
≤9.12.2Update to 9.12.3
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library
≤1.7.1031Update to 1.7.1032
- Medium5.59.8.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
9.8.1 – 9.8.4Update to 9.8.5
- High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update
≤9.7.1Update to 9.7.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL
≤9.7.3Update to 9.8.0
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.1
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.
