WordPress Global Gallery Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Vulnerability
A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Global Gallery plugin, specifically in versions through 9.2.3. This vulnerability allows exploitation of improperly configured access control security levels, potentially leading to unauthorized actions by users with lower privileges.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions that require higher privileges, due to the broken access control.
Remediation
Users of the WordPress Global Gallery plugin should update to version 9.2.4 or later. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.
Vulnerability Rating
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