Gmedia Photo Gallery <= 1.6.4 - Denial of Service

2015-05-27 00:00

Chad Seaman

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.5

Affected PluginGmedia Photo Gallery

Affected Version< 1.6.5

CVSS7.5High

CVEN/A

View all Gmedia Photo Gallery vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Gmedia Photo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to improper redirect handling. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send requests that recursively call 301 redirects, rendering the server unavailable.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a161bd23-0b82-49ef-b3cc-a117823ec8a7

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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