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7.5high

CVE-2016-6565

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 may execute code from an uploaded malicious file

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 does not properly validate user input in the cssfile parameter of a HTTP POST request, which may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server, or execute arbitrary code on the server in some circumstances (dependent on server configuration).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.0AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/94356/ · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/346175 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred

Sources

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