6.1

CVE-2023-2568: ays-pro photo_gallery Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 12-06-2023Last modified 03-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2568 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ays-pro photo_gallery. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 12-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ays-pro1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • gallery-photo-gallery≤ 5.1.6 (fixed in 5.1.7)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links