Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9824ImagePress - Image Gallery <= 1.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion and Post Title Update
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in ImagePress – Image Gallery from butterflymedia. 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 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ImagePress – Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ip_delete_post' and 'ip_update_post_title' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts and update post titles.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| butterflymedia | ImagePress – Image Gallery | 0 – through 1.2.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bce6872-34d4-4675-bce9-e1197d801bce?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-gallery/trunk/includes/functions.php#L204
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-gallery/trunk/includes/functions.php#L214
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167164/