CVE-2024-8437 Missing authorization in WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin

Medium 4.3 Published 24 Sep 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can modify galleries due to missing capability checks in AJAX functions, requiring plugin updates.

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-2024-8437?

CVE-2024-8437 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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 unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX like wpeg_settings and wpeg_add_gallery in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify galleries.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8437?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Plugingarden Wp Easy Gallery.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8437 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-2024-8437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6pm7-68mw-p76q.