Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-46605 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue in Piwigo 14.5.0. A malicious album description can cause script or HTML to run in another user's browser. Business risk is mainly session exposure, content manipulation, or phishing within the trusted Piwigo interface.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate web-application risk. Address in the normal vulnerability cycle, but accelerate for public Piwigo sites, environments with multiple content editors, or instances where admin access is broadly reachable.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-79 XSS in Piwigo v14.5.0 at /admin.php?page=album via the Description field. CVSS 3.1 is 6.1: network reachable, low complexity, no privileges, user interaction required, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Piwigo v14.5.0 are the stated exposure. Risk is higher where Piwigo is Internet-facing, admin pages are reachable broadly, or album metadata can be influenced by less-trusted users. The CVE affected-product metadata is incomplete.
Exploitation context
No CISA KEV listing or provided source states active exploitation. The record indicates exploitation requires user interaction. The vulnerable component is an admin page, but the CVSS vector says no privileges required, so the exact required access path is unclear from the sources.
Researcher notes
Sources provide a concise vulnerability statement but limited remediation detail. The CVE lists affected vendor/product as n/a while the description names Piwigo v14.5.0. Avoid assuming fixed versions, exploit availability, or authentication requirements beyond the published CVSS and component description.
Mitigation direction
- Identify whether any Piwigo instance is running v14.5.0.
- Check Piwigo project guidance for a fixed release or official workaround.
- Restrict access to Piwigo administration interfaces while remediation is pending.
- Review album Description fields for unexpected script or HTML content.
- Prioritize remediation for Internet-facing or multi-user Piwigo deployments.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Piwigo versions across production and staging systems.
- Confirm whether /admin.php?page=album exists on identified instances.
- Review change history for album Description fields.
- Verify vendor guidance has been applied once available.
- Retest with safe, non-executable input validation checks only.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE reservedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-OiaEitTaY7tpEPZMZ8GYtyUH3QWVn22/view?usp=drive_linkCVE reference, mitre
- https://github.com/Piwigo/PiwigoCVE reference, mitre
- https://github.com/achufistov/cve-achufistov/blob/main/CVE-2024-46605.mdCVE reference, mitre
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.