WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 2.2.46 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2018-03-02 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.50

Affected PluginPhoto Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery

Affected Version<= 2.2.46

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2018-7586

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Vulnerability Overview

In the nextgen-gallery plugin before 2.2.50 for WordPress, gallery paths are not secured.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.50, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7586 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b09bf42-a85d-4a5b-9acc-609e0a5d7748

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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