Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-3097 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303?source=cve
- https://zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063940/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php?old=3003333&old_path=nextgen-gallery%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FREST%2FAdmin%2FBlock.php