Unauthorized Data Modification in Portfolio Gallery Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-13231

What is CVE-2024-13231?

The Portfolio Gallery plugin for WordPress exposes a critical flaw that allows unauthorized users to add arbitrary videos to any portfolio gallery due to a missing capability check in the 'add_video' function. This vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.1.7. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this loophole, potentially leading to a range of malicious activities, including defacement and the dissemination of inappropriate content through compromised galleries.

References