A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Gallery Objects 0.4 (Photo Gallery Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument viewid with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in the Gallery Objects plugin 0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the viewid parameter in a go_view_object action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

The weakness was published 08/12/2014 by Claudio Viviani (Website). The advisory is shared at homelab.it. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-5201 since 08/12/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 68791†). Similar entries are available at VDB-28219, VDB-130888, VDB-199610 and VDB-223121.

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