# CVE-2024-11002: Code injection in InPost Gallery

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes in the InPost Gallery WordPress plugin due to improper validation in an AJAX action.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjjx-vgmp-vf5g

## What is CVE-2024-11002?

CVE-2024-11002 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in realmag777 InPost Gallery, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The The InPost Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via the inpost_gallery_get_shortcode_template AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4.2. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11002?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pluginus Inpost Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11002?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11002 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in realmag777 InPost Gallery

- [CVE-2022-4063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4063/): InPost Gallery < 2.1.4.1 - Unauthenticated LFI to RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28666/): Cross-site scripting in InPost Gallery WordPress Plugin (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11002 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11002 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in realmag777 InPost Gallery, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: realmag777 InPost 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-2024-11002/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11002/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11002
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11002
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11002

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11002/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.