WP Bootstrap Gallery <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2022-43471
CVSS	Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published	October 28, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	ptsfence

Description

The WP Bootstrap Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_get_wpbgallery_update_imagetitle function in versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update titles of arbitrary posts.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-bootstrap-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.1
Patched Version

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