Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-3097WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 38.0% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery | 0 – through 3.59 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303?source=cve
- https://zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063940/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php?old=3003333&old_path=nextgen-gallery%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FREST%2FAdmin%2FBlock.php