Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Plugin up to 3.0.7 on WordPress AJAX Endpoint authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Plugin up to 3.0.7 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part of the component AJAX Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-0441. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Plugin up to 3.0.7 on WordPress (Photo Gallery Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component AJAX Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Gallery Blocks with Lightbox WordPress plugin before 3.0.8 has an AJAX endpoint that can be accessed by any authenticated users, such as subscriber. The callback function allows numerous actions, the most serious one being reading and updating the WordPress options which could be used to enable registration with a default administrator user role.

The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0441 since 01/23/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Plugin 3.0.8

Timelineinfo

01/23/2023 🔍
03/27/2023 +62 days 🔍
03/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2023 +19 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224072

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2023 22:33
Updated: 04/15/2023 15:53
Changes: 03/27/2023 22:33 (40), 04/15/2023 15:53 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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