CVE-2024-37542 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37542: WordPress Gallery – Image and Video Gallery with Thumbnails plugin <= 2.0.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Wpdevart

Product Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published July 6, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WpDevArt Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album.This issue affects Responsive Image Gallery, Gallery Album: from n/a through 2.0.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Responsive Image Gallery and Gallery Album plugin for WordPress fails to properly check user permissions before allowing modifications to gallery settings and content. A logged-in user with low privileges can alter or delete galleries they should not have access to. The vulnerability affects versions up to 2.0.3.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

A low-privilege user can modify or delete galleries belonging to other users.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Galleries can be altered or deleted by users who should not have that access, risking data loss and site disruption.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a WordPress user account with at least low-level permissions.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 6, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37542 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-37542

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 5.4 / MEDIUM

Affected versions