Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-120318Product Gallery Slider for WooCommerce 2.3.23 before 2.3.26 Missing Authorization via Codestar AJAX
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce from Codeixer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce 2.3.23 before 2.3.26 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in Codestar backup AJAX actions csf-export, csf-import and csf-reset. Shop Managers can read the csf_backup_nonce from the settings page and supply arbitrary option names via the 'unique' parameter to read, overwrite or delete WordPress options, including modifying wp_user_roles to escalate to administrator.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Codeixer | Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce | 2.3.23 – before 2.3.26 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/woo-product-gallery-slider/tags/2.3.26/includes/cdx-framework/functions/actions.php patch
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/woo-product-gallery-slider/tags/2.3.25/includes/codestar/functions/actions.php technical-description
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/woo-product-gallery-slider/tags/2.3.25/src/Options.php technical-description
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-gallery-slider/#developers release-notes
- https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woo-product-gallery-slider.2.3.26.zip patch
- VulnCheck Advisory: Product Gallery Slider for WooCommerce 2.3.23 before 2.3.26 Missing Authorization via Codestar AJAX third-party-advisory