CVE-2024-3581 MaxGalleria <= 6.4.2 - Missing Authorization
Authenticated subscribers can upload arbitrary images to galleries due to missing capability checks in the MaxGalleria WordPress 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-2024-3581?
CVE-2024-3581 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in maxfoundry MaxGalleria, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MaxGalleria plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image upload due to a missing capability check on the add_media_library_images_to_gallery function in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to upload arbitrary images to a gallery.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3581?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3581?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3581 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-2024-3581 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3581 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6r3q-wq2w-2rxp.