CVE-2025-8400
📋 TL;DR
The Image Gallery plugin for WordPress has a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages. When users visit pages containing these scripts, their browsers execute the attacker's code, potentially stealing credentials or session cookies. All WordPress sites using this plugin version 1.0.0 or earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Image Gallery plugin (bee-quick-gallery)
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers steal administrator credentials, take over the WordPress site, install backdoors, and compromise the entire web server infrastructure.
Likely Case
Attackers steal user session cookies to hijack accounts, redirect users to malicious sites, or deface pages with injected content.
If Mitigated
With proper web application firewalls and security headers, the attack is blocked or the impact is limited to temporary session compromise.
🎯 Exploit Status
Attackers need to trick users into clicking malicious links. No authentication required to trigger the vulnerability.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.0.0
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bee-quick-gallery/#developers
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Image Gallery' or 'bee-quick-gallery'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy a WAF with XSS protection rules to block malicious payloads before they reach the application.
Content Security Policy (CSP)
allImplement a strict CSP header to prevent execution of inline scripts and restrict script sources.
Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Add to .htaccess or web server configuration
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the Image Gallery plugin immediately.
- Implement network-level filtering to block requests containing suspicious script patterns.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins. If 'Image Gallery' or 'bee-quick-gallery' shows version 1.0.0 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='bee-quick-gallery' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version shows higher than 1.0.0. Test by attempting to inject basic XSS payloads into plugin parameters.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual GET/POST requests containing script tags or JavaScript code in query parameters
- Multiple 404 errors for non-existent plugin files
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious parameters like <script>, javascript:, or encoded payloads
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="*<script>*" OR uri="*javascript:*" OR uri="*%3Cscript%3E*")