Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-3957 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Navz ACF Photo Gallery Field
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient restriction on the 'apg_profile_update' function in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above, to update the user metas arbitrarily. The meta value can only be a string.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/navz-photo-gallery/tags/1.9/includes/acf_photo_gallery_save.php#L42
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/navz-photo-gallery/tags/1.9/includes/acf_photo_gallery_save.php#L42
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2943404/navz-photo-gallery#file0
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2943404/navz-photo-gallery#file0
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/689511e0-1355-4fcb-8a72-d819abc8e9a3?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/689511e0-1355-4fcb-8a72-d819abc8e9a3?source=cve