Vulnerability CVE-2023-2561


Published: 2023-07-12

Description:
The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gallery_remove function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to modify galleries attached to posts and pages with this plugin.

Type:

CWE-862

(Missing Authorization)

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/faad339f-96d6-4937-a1f3-9d2d19bc6395?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-metabox/trunk/gallery-metabox.php?rev=611664#L233

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