SQL Injection Vulnerability in Categorized Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13676

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Categorized Gallery Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 February 2025

Summary

The Categorized Gallery Plugin for WordPress is susceptible to SQL Injection caused by inadequate escaping on the 'field' parameter of the 'image_gallery' shortcode. All versions up to and including 2.0 are affected, allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level access to inject arbitrary SQL queries. This flaw can lead to unauthorized data extraction from the database, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

Categorized Gallery Plugin * <= 2.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/categorized-ga...

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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