Codeixer Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images Plugin Codestar Backup AJAX Actions actions.php improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Codeixer Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images Plugin up to 2.3.23/2.3.24/2.3.25. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file includes/cdx-framework/functions/actions.php of the component Codestar Backup AJAX Actions. The manipulation of the argument unique leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-120318. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Codeixer Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images Plugin up to 2.3.23/2.3.24/2.3.25. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file includes/cdx-framework/functions/actions.php of the component Codestar Backup AJAX Actions. The manipulation of the argument unique with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce 2.3.23 before 2.3.26 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in Codestar backup AJAX actions csf-export, csf-import and csf-reset. Shop Managers can read the csf_backup_nonce from the settings page and supply arbitrary option names via the 'unique' parameter to read, overwrite or delete WordPress options, including modifying wp_user_roles to escalate to administrator.

The advisory is shared at plugins.svn.wordpress.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-120318 since 11/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

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Upgrading to version 2.3.26 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Photo Gallery Software

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• Codeixer

Name

• Product Gallery Slider & Additional Variation Images Plugin

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11
• 2.3.12
• 2.3.13
• 2.3.14
• 2.3.15
• 2.3.16
• 2.3.17
• 2.3.18
• 2.3.19
• 2.3.20
• 2.3.21
• 2.3.22
• 2.3.23
• 2.3.24
• 2.3.25

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