Gallery Metabox <= 1.5 - Missing Authorization via refresh_metabox

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2023-2562
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	June 22, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Marco Wotschka

Description

The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh_metabox function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain a list of images attached to a post.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	gallery-metabox (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.5
Patched Version

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