CVE-2024-8437

MEDIUM

WP Easy Gallery < 4.8.5 - Authenticated Unauthorized Access via AJAX Functions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
hahncgdev/WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin < 4.8.5
plugingarden/wp_easy_gallery < 4.8.5
Published Sep 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026