Vulnerability CVE-2024-8437


Published: 2024-09-25

Description:
The WP Easy Gallery ?? WordPress Gallery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX like wpeg_settings and wpeg_add_gallery in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify galleries.

Type:

CWE-862

(Missing Authorization)

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b517-186959f76095?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery.php#L42

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