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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8436
CVE-2024-8436:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin for WordPress contains an SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-8436) affecting versions up to and including 4.8.5. The vulnerability was discovered in September 2024 and is related to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters 'edit_imageId' and 'edit_imageDelete' (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient escaping on user-supplied parameters and inadequate preparation of existing SQL queries. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue has been classified as CWE-89 (SQL Injection) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing queries, potentially leading to the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires authentication with at least subscriber-level access. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring no user interaction to exploit (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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