CVE-2024-23518 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-23518: WordPress ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin <= 2.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Navneil Naicker

Product ACF Photo Gallery Field

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 11, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Navneil Naicker ACF Photo Gallery Field.This issue affects ACF Photo Gallery Field: from n/a through 2.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

ACF Photo Gallery Field versions up to 2.6 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to modify image data they should not have access to. The vulnerability requires a valid user account but no special interaction. Integrity of gallery content can be compromised without affecting availability or confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify photo gallery images and metadata without proper permission checks.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized users can alter or corrupt gallery content, potentially defacing image galleries or metadata.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege user account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 11, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23518 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-23518

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions