CVE-2024-3097

WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

2024-04-05 12:00
Peng Zhou

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.59.1
Affected Plugin
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery
Affected Version
<= 3.59
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-3097
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At a glance

CVE-2024-3097 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.59. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.59.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Peng Zhou.

Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes <= 3.59 takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes the fix is 3.59.1: builds <= 3.59 are affected, anything from 3.59.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.59.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes 3.59.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3097https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3097

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