CVE-2023-3279 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 does not validate some block attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing Admin users to perform LFI attacks

Published: 2023-10-16

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WordPress Gallery Plugin

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.39

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43954	The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 does not validate some block attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing Admin users to perform LFI attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01079.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3b7a7070-8d61-4ff8-b003-b4ff06221635

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Imagely Nextgen Gallery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:39:18.389Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:11:34.166Z

Reserved: 2023-06-15T20:46:40.234Z

Link: CVE-2023-3279

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.436Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:14.690

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:36.330

Link: CVE-2023-3279

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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