CVE-2024-8437

The WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX like wpeg_settings and wpeg_add_gallery in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify galleries.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery.php#L42	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b517-186959f76095?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:plugingarden:wp_easy_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-09-25 01:15

Updated : 2025-05-29 16:02

NVD link : CVE-2024-8437

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-8437

JSON object : View

Products Affected

plugingarden

wp_easy_gallery

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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