# CVE-2024-34377: Missing authorization in Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Video Gallery plugin to access restricted functionality without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 6 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95mp-mxq2-vr8j

## What is CVE-2024-34377?

CVE-2024-34377 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery, published on 6 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in A WP Life Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery.This issue affects Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery: from n/a through 1.5.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34377?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-34377?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34377 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34377 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link Gallery, published on 6 May 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-2024-34377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Video Gallery – Api Gallery, YouTube and Vimeo, Link 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-2024-34377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34377/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34377

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34377/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.