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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8437
CVE-2024-8437:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in versions up to and including 4.8.5. The vulnerability stems from missing capability checks on several functions hooked via AJAX, including wpegsettings and wpegadd_gallery (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability arises from insufficient authorization controls on AJAX-hooked functions. The affected functions include wpegsettings and wpegadd_gallery, which lack proper capability verification. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
This security flaw enables authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to modify galleries without proper authorization. This unauthorized access could lead to unintended modifications of gallery content (Wordfence).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 4.8.5 when available. Until a patch is released, site administrators should carefully review and possibly restrict user roles that have access to gallery functionality (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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