WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Envira Gallery < 1.16.2 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation via Onboarding Wizard
Description
The plugin does not verify that a user holds the capability WordPress reserves for installing plugin code before processing its setup-wizard plugin-installation request, and does not restrict the installation to its own curated list, allowing a Multisite subsite Administrator to install an arbitrary WordPress.org-published plugin into the network-shared plugins directory, a privilege Multisite reserves for the network Super Admin.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.16.2 References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-09 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-09 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-09 (about 1 day ago)
