CVE-2024-8437

low-risk
Published 2024-09-25

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.13% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Wp Easy Gallery

Affected Vendors

Plugingarden

References (2)

Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b51...
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal