CVE-2024-12237 Server-side request forgery in Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery
Authenticated attackers can exploit SSRF in this WordPress plugin to make arbitrary web requests and retrieve limited information from internal services.
- 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-2024-12237?
CVE-2024-12237 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in nik00726 Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery, published on 3 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.15 via the rjg_get_youtube_info_justified_gallery_callback function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to retrieve limited information from internal services.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12237?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12237?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12237 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2024-12237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w44w-3r72-gmr4.