Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2024-3097

Description

The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_item function in versions up to, and including, 3.59. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including EXIF and other metadata of any image uploaded through the plugin.

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Affected products

Imagely/Nextgen Gallery
cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <3.59.1
WordPress/Nextgen Galleryllm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.59
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063940/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.phpnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75f87f99-9f0d-46c2-a6f1-3c1ea0176303nvdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/REST/Admin/Block.phpnvdProduct
zpbrent.github.io/pocs/8-plugin-nextgen-gallery-InfoDis-20240327.mp4nvdBroken Link

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