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CVE-2024-3097

WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 9, 2024 at 06:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNextGEN GalleryNextGEN Gallery

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 38%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.

Affected

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

NextGEN Gallery· Imagelywordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 3.59v < 3.59.1
Affected range stops below 3.59.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
NextGEN Gallery· Smubwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 3.59

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Product
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php#L40
Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063940/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.php?old=3003333&old_path=nextgen-gallery%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FREST%2FAdmin%2FBlock.php
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303?source=cve
Broken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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