CVE-2024-8437

MEDIUM EPSS 19.0%

Published Sep 25, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

4.3 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Sep 25, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

4.3

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

1.4

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

19.0% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
plugingarden	wp_easy_gallery	*	≤4.8.5

References 2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery.php#L42

Product
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b517-186959f76095?source=cve

Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.