CVE-2023-2562 Gallery Metabox <= 1.5 - Missing Authorization via refresh_metabox
Subscribers can access image lists attached to posts due to missing capability checks 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-2023-2562?
CVE-2023-2562 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 access of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh_metabox function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain a list of images attached to a post.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2562?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gallery-Metabox Project Gallery-Metabox.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2562?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2562 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-2023-2562 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2562 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in billerickson Gallery Metabox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rw4v-mgcj-gfcq.