WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2019-15779 Modified

Insta Gallery: A security weakness

Insta Gallery 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.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Insta Gallery
Plugin slug
insta-gallery
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 29, 2019
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Aug 29, 2019 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Insta Gallery 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 insta-gallery plugin before 2.4.8 for WordPress has no nonce validation for qligg_dismiss_notice or qligg_form_item_delete.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources