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CVE-2026-5347

MEDIUM

5.3

Description

The HM Books Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 4.8.0. This is due to the absence of capability checks and nonce verification in the admin_init hook that handles the permalink settings update at line 205-209 of wp-books-gallery.php. The vulnerable code checks only for the presence of the 'permalink_structure' POST parameter before updating the 'wbg_cpt_slug' option, without verifying that the request comes from an authenticated administrator. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the custom post type slug for the books gallery, which changes the URL structure for all book entries and can break existing links and SEO rankings.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/24/2026

Last Modified4/24/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-books-gallery/tags/4.7.8/wp-books-gallery.php#L206(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-books-gallery/tags/4.7.8/wp-books-gallery.php#L207(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-books-gallery/tags/4.8.1/wp-books-gallery.php#L207(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-books-gallery/trunk/wp-books-gallery.php#L206(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-books-gallery/trunk/wp-books-gallery.php#L207(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12bf1cd8-cd55-4771-b2bb-597797b1b949?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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