Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-2562

Description

The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh_metabox function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain a list of images attached to a post.

Affected products

Gallery Metabox Project/Gallery Metabox
cpe:2.3:a:gallery-metabox_project:gallery-metabox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=1.5

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/951e4651-56d6-474d-84b3-5a7cfc357b9fnvdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-metabox/trunk/gallery-metabox.phpnvdProduct

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