Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) <= 4.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published September 2, 2021
Last Updated January 6, 2023
Researcher WPScanTeam - WPScan

Description

The Meow Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Options Update via the REST API in versions up to, and including, 4.1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify otherwise restricted arbitrary site options. This can be leveraged to create new administrative user accounts.

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Vulnerability Details for Meow Gallery

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meow-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.9
Patched Version
  • 4.2.0

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