Description
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.
Published: 2024-09-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49175 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.
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00076}

epss

{'score': 0.00095}


Thu, 29 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Plugingarden
Plugingarden wp Easy Gallery
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:plugingarden:wp_easy_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Plugingarden
Plugingarden wp Easy Gallery

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title WP Easy Gallery – WordPress Gallery Plugin <= 4.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Gallery Manipulation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Plugingarden Wp Easy Gallery
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:21:39.181Z

Reserved: 2024-09-04T18:06:03.047Z

Link: CVE-2024-8437

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-24T13:36:18.343Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-25T01:15:46.500

Modified: 2025-05-29T16:02:35.680

Link: CVE-2024-8437

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses