Gallery Metabox: A security weakness
Gallery Metabox is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Gallery Metabox
- Plugin slug
gallery-metabox- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 12, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jul 12, 2023 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Gallery Metabox to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gallery_remove function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to modify galleries attached to posts and pages with this plugin.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N