CVE-2024-8437

MEDIUM

4.3

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 Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/25/2024

Last Modified5/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

plugingarden:wp_easy_gallery

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery.php#L42(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b517-186959f76095?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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