CVE-2026-104079 Envira Gallery Lite < 1.16.2 Missing Authorization via Gallery Conversion REST Endpoint
Lower-privileged users can create and publish galleries using unauthorized images due to missing authorization checks in the REST endpoint.
- 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-2026-104079?
CVE-2026-104079 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Envira Gallery, published on 9 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Envira Gallery Lite before 1.16.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in its gallery conversion REST endpoint that allows lower-privileged authenticated users to create and publish Envira galleries without the required capabilities, because the endpoint only checks edit permissions on the source post and uses a hard-coded publish status. Attackers can also supply arbitrary caller-controlled image IDs without ownership verification to publish unauthorized content using attachments they are not authorized to use.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-104079?
How do I fix CVE-2026-104079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-104079 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-2026-104079 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-104079 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqrp-jfjc-rrfc.