Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) <= 4.1.8 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24465
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published September 2, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher apple502j
Description

The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 4.1.9 does not sanitise, validate or escape the ids attribute of its gallery shortcode (available for users as low as Contributor) before using it in an SQL statement, leading to an authenticated SQL Injection issue. The injection also allows the returned values to be manipulated in a way that could lead to data disclosure and arbitrary objects to be deserialized.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meow-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.9
Patched Version
  • 4.1.9
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