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CVE-2013-3684: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

NextGEN Gallery plugin before version 1.9.13 for WordPress was affected by an arbitrary file upload vulnerability identified as CVE-2013-3684. The vulnerability was discovered in the ngggallery.php file and was publicly disclosed on February 11, 2020 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has received a Critical CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating a severe security issue. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type). The attack vector is network-based, requires low complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files to the affected WordPress installation, which could lead to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was fixed in NextGEN Gallery version 1.9.13. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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