WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

NextGEN Gallery < 4.5.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary Gallery Image Deletion via IDOR

Description

The plugin does not verify that the user acting on an image owns the gallery it belongs to, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to delete, copy and re-tag any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.5.0

References

Classification

Type
IDOR
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Submitter
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-18 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-18 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-18 (about 1 day ago)

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