Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery <= 1.5.3 - Missing Authorization

2024-05-03 00:00
Steven Julian

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the _ajax_video_gallery function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to to retrieve video galleries.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.4, 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

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