CVE-2026-9059
CRITICAL EPSS 20.4%
Published May 20, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.3 CVSS 4.0
Published May 20, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
NextGEN Gallery version prior to 4.2.1 are vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via the 'orderby' parameter on the REST API endpoints '/imagely/v1/galleries' and '/imagely/v1/albums'. The root cause is an insufficient sanitization function ('_clean_column()') in the data mapper layer that uses a character blacklist instead of a whitelist approach. This allows an authenticated attacker with the 'NextGEN Gallery overview' capability (assigned to the Administrator role by default) to inject arbitrary SQL into the 'ORDER BY' clause.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
20.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-89 SQL Injection Injection
References 1
- tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-42
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.