Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-46606 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue in Piwigo 14.5.0. A user who can edit a photo description may inject script or HTML that runs when another user views the affected admin photo page. Business impact is mainly account/session abuse or misleading admin actions, not server takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a near-term maintenance and access-control issue, especially for public galleries or multi-user environments. Prioritize upgrade guidance and privilege review, but this is not currently supported by sources as an emergency exploitation event.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-79 XSS in Piwigo v14.5.0 at /admin.php?page=photo through the Description field. CVSS 3.1 is 5.4: network reachable, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Piwigo 14.5.0 are the stated affected population. Exposure is higher where untrusted or numerous users can create or modify photo descriptions and administrators regularly review those photos in the admin interface.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. Exploitation requires a crafted description and a victim viewing the affected page. The CVE references include a researcher write-up, but no vendor fix information is provided in the bundle.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description, CVSS vector, and referenced project/researcher links. The CVE record does not provide CPEs, a named fixed version, or active exploitation evidence. Validate patch status directly with Piwigo before asserting remediation completeness.
Mitigation direction
- Identify whether Piwigo 14.5.0 is deployed.
- Check Piwigo vendor guidance and release notes for a fixed version.
- Upgrade if the vendor identifies a corrected release.
- Restrict photo description editing to trusted users only.
- Limit access to the Piwigo admin interface.
- Review existing photo descriptions for unexpected HTML or script content.
Validation and detection
- Confirm deployed Piwigo version from application inventory or admin interface.
- Verify who can modify photo Description fields.
- Review /admin.php?page=photo access controls.
- Check vendor repository or advisories for CVE-2024-46606 references.
- In authorized staging, confirm descriptions are safely encoded or sanitized.
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
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/Piwigo/PiwigoCVE reference, mitre
- https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1zirdhXurKVj1XtLlBESmiORuCUXtLGamCVE reference, mitre
- https://github.com/achufistov/cve-achufistov/blob/main/CVE-2024-46606.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.