Gallery With Thumbnail SliderWordPress extension · Galaxyweblinks
CVE-2022-42485
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAuth. (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Galaxy Weblinks Gallery with thumbnail slider plugin <= 6.0 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAuthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Galaxy Webelinks Gallery with thumbnail slider plugin for WordPress. Users with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious JavaScript into gallery thumbnail content that executes when other users view the affected pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Gallery With Thumbnail SliderWordPress extension
< 6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Galaxyweblinks Gallery With Thumbnail Slider' or 'Gallery With Thumbnail Slider'Affected if The plugin is installed and active
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Check the installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find the Galaxyweblinks Gallery With Thumbnail Slider plugin, and note the version number displayedAffected if The version number is less than 6.1
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Confirm contributor-level access existsIn WordPress admin, go to Users > All Users and verify there are users with the 'Contributor' role or higher who have access to the siteAffected if Any user with contributor-level or higher permissions exists on the site
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Inspect gallery content for injected scriptsCheck the WordPress database tables (typically wp_posts or custom plugin tables) for gallery thumbnail content containing script tags, javascript:, or on* event handlersAffected if Gallery content contains unsanitized script tags or event handlers
You are affected if the Galaxyweblinks Gallery With Thumbnail Slider plugin is installed with a version lower than 6.1 and contributor-level users have access to modify gallery content.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped6.1
Update the plugin to the latest patched version. Until an update is available, restrict or disable contributor-level access to the gallery functionality, and implement additional output encoding on gallery content rendering.
Gallery With Thumbnail Slider version 6.1
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Gallery With Thumbnail Slider' (by Galaxy Ссылки)
- If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to update to version 6.1
- After updating, verify the plugin version shows 6.1 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Gallery With Thumbnail Slider
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-42485 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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