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CVE-2016-6565

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 may execute code from an uploaded malicious file

N/A

Published: July 13, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorNextGEN Gallery

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 does not properly validate user input in the cssfile parameter of a HTTP POST request, which may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server, or execute arbitrary code on the server in some circumstances (dependent on server configuration).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

NextGEN Gallery · Imagelywordpress-plugin

95%

v < 2.1.57

Affected range stops below 2.1.57, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/346175

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94356/

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-98CWE-20

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