Gallery Images Ape <= 2.2.8 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-41995
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 31, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher thiennv
Description

The Gallery Images Ape plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when modifying galleries in versions up to, and including, 2.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to duplicate galleries.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gallery-images-ape (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.8
Patched Version
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