CVE-2023-2561 Gallery Metabox <= 1.5 - Missing Authorization via gallery_remove
Subscribers can modify galleries attached to posts and pages due to a missing capability check in the Gallery Metabox plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2561?
CVE-2023-2561 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in billerickson Gallery Metabox, published on 12 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gallery_remove function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to modify galleries attached to posts and pages with this plugin.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2561?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gallery-Metabox Project Gallery-Metabox.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2561?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2561 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-2561 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2561 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in billerickson Gallery Metabox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3cv-3fjg-8h4x.