PT-2024-23696 · WordPress · Nextgen Gallery

Peng Zhou · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2024-04-26 · CVE-2024-3097

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.59

Description The issue allows unauthorized access to data due to a missing capability check on the get item function. This enables unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data, including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 3.59, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check in the get item function to prevent unauthorized data access.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-3097

Affected Products

Nextgen Gallery

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3097 · Vendor Advisory
• 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 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3097 · Security Note
• https://zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php#L40 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303?source=cve · Note