WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2019-14467 Modified

Social Photo Gallery: Code execution

Social Photo Gallery is affected by code execution. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.

CVE / CNA score 7.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 7.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Social Photo Gallery
Plugin slug
social-photo-gallery
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Weakness
CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published Nov 18, 2019 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Social Photo 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Social Photo Gallery plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows Remote Code Execution by creating an album and attaching a malicious PHP file in the cover photo album, because the file extension is not checked.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources