# CVE-2024-3268: Missing authorization in Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist

> Unauthenticated attackers can create arbitrary posts or pages due to a missing capability check in the YouTube Video Gallery WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jx29-4rmr-vrj4

## What is CVE-2024-3268?

CVE-2024-3268 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist, published on 21 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The YouTube Video Gallery by YouTube Showcase – Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the emd_form_builder_lite_submit_form function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary posts or pages.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3268?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emarketdesign Youtube Video Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist

- [CVE-2023-40558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40558/): WordPress Video Gallery & Management Plugin <= 3.3.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3268 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3268 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist, published on 21 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist. 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-2024-3268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3268/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3268
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3268
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3268

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3268/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.