Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox <= 1.6.2 - Missing Authorization

2023-02-02 00:00

Cat

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.3

Affected PluginAlbum and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox

Affected Version<= 1.6.2.

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-25060

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Vulnerability Overview

The Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on two AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change attributes of images used by the plugins in slideshows.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25060 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/467a9b16-b57c-417c-b4e1-9f3edc80b5df

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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