PT-2023-20198 · WordPress · The Gallery Metabox

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2023-07-19 · CVE-2023-2562

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 is related to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh metabox function. This allows subscriber-level attackers to obtain a list of images attached to a post.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.5, consider disabling the refresh metabox function until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized access. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2562

Affected Products

The Gallery Metabox

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2562 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2562 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66519 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/951e4651-56d6-474d-84b3-5a7cfc357b9f?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-metabox/trunk/gallery-metabox.php?rev=611664#L203 · Note