# CVE-2023-39917: WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays Plugin <= 5.2.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions in the Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c994-hpx9-c8x4

## What is CVE-2023-39917?

CVE-2023-39917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery, published on 3 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Photo Gallery Team Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery plugin <= 5.2.6 versions.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39917?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ays-Pro Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39917?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery

- [CVE-2016-10921](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10921/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24462/): Photo Gallery by Ays - Responsive Image Gallery < 4.4.4 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-32107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32107/): WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays Plugin <= 5.1.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-2568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2568/): Photo Gallery by Ays < 5.1.7 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-37442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37442/): WordPress Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery plugin < 5.7.1 - HTML Injection vulnerability (low 3.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39917 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery, published on 3 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39917/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39917/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39917
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39917
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39917

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39917/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.