Vulnerability · Published Sep 24, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-8437WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin <= 4.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Gallery Manipulation

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity missing authorization in WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin from hahncgdev. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
hahncgdev	WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin	0 – through 4.8.5

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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