WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin: A security weakness
WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin
- Plugin slug
wp-easy-gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 25, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Sep 25, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin 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 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N