CVE-2023-35780 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-35780: WordPress Galleria Plugin <= 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Andy Whalen

Product Galleria

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published July 11, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Andy Whalen Galleria plugin <= 1.0.3 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Galleria versions up to 1.0.3 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in user, performs unwanted actions on the Galleria site without the user's knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on a Galleria site on behalf of a logged-in user.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' Galleria accounts can be manipulated to perform actions they did not authorize.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

The victim must be logged into Galleria and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 11, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35780 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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