Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in NextGEN Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2020-35943

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Nextgen Gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 February 2021

What is CVE-2020-35943?

The NextGEN Gallery plugin prior to version 3.5.0 for WordPress has a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. This issue allows malicious actors to exploit the plugin by bypassing CSRF protections through the omission of nonce parameters, thereby enabling unauthorized file uploads and potentially compromising the security of WordPress sites.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/02/severe-vulnerabili...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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