CVE-2024-8437

MEDIUM 4.3

WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin <= 4.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Gallery Manipulation

CVSS Score

4.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX like wpeg_settings and wpeg_add_gallery in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify galleries.

CWE	CWE-862
Vendor	hahncgdev
Product	wp easy gallery – wordpress gallery plugin
Published	Sep 24, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

hahncgdev / WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin

0 ≤ 4.8.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8bd5021-4895-4b0e-b517-186959f76095?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-gallery/trunk/wp-easy-gallery.php#L42

Credits

Lucio Sá