CVE-2023-6742 Envira Gallery Lite <= 1.8.7.2 - Missing Authorization to Gallery Modification via envira_gallery_insert_images
Authenticated contributors can modify galleries on other users' posts due to missing capability checks in the Envira Gallery 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-2023-6742?
CVE-2023-6742 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smub Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gallery Plugin for WordPress – Envira Photo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'envira_gallery_insert_images' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify galleries on other users' posts.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6742?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Enviragallery Envira Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6742?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6742 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-2023-6742 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6742 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in smub Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fpgw-7jq3-8qjp.