CVE-2024-35720 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-35720: WordPress Album Gallery – WordPress Gallery plugin <= 1.5.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor A Wp Life

Product Album Gallery – WordPress Gallery

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 10, 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 Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in A WP Life Album Gallery – WordPress Gallery.This issue affects Album Gallery – WordPress Gallery: from n/a through 1.5.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Album Gallery plugin for WordPress does not properly check user permissions before allowing access to certain gallery functions. A logged-in user with low privileges can view gallery data they should not have access to. The vulnerability requires an active WordPress account but no special interaction from the victim.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

View gallery data and metadata they do not have permission to access.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized users can see private or restricted gallery content, potentially exposing sensitive images or metadata.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress user account (e.g., subscriber or contributor).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35720 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-35720

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions