CVE-2024-8436 WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin <= 4.8.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
Authenticated subscribers can exploit SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the WP Easy Gallery 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-2024-8436?
CVE-2024-8436 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in hahncgdev WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin, published on 24 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'edit_imageId' and 'edit_imageDelete' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8436?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Plugingarden Wp Easy Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8436?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-8436 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8436 in the wild and no public exploit code.