PT-2023-20193 · WordPress · The Gallery Metabox

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2023-07-19 · CVE-2023-2561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Gallery Metabox for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.5

Description The issue allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gallery remove function. This makes it possible for attackers with subscriber-level access to modify galleries attached to posts and pages with this plugin.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.5, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check in the gallery remove function.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2561

Affected Products

The Gallery Metabox

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2561 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2561 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-metabox/trunk/gallery-metabox.php?rev=611664#L233 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/faad339f-96d6-4937-a1f3-9d2d19bc6395?source=cve · Note