CVE-2024-3581 (GCVE-0-2024-3581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 16:51 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:33
VLAI
Title
MaxGalleria <= 6.4.2 - Missing Authorization
Summary
The MaxGalleria plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image upload due to a missing capability check on the add_media_library_images_to_gallery function in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to upload arbitrary images to a gallery.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-15 19:30 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
maxfoundry MaxGalleria Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.4.2 (semver)
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maxfoundry maxgalleria Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.4.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:maxfoundry:maxgalleria:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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