Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Modula Image Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12853

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Modula Image Gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12853?

The Modula Image Gallery plugin for WordPress contains a serious vulnerability due to inadequate file type validation in its zip upload feature. This issue affects all versions up to and including 2.11.10, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to upload potentially malicious files to the server. Such capability may lead to remote code execution, compromising site integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Modula Image Gallery * <= 2.11.10

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

SavPhill
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