The Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘show_albums’ attribute in versions up to, and including, 3.0.101 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
This vulnerability is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 SQL Injection issue affecting the Plugin Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin. It affects Versions up to 3.0.101 and is fixed in 3.0.102.
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the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 3.0.101. Update Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin to 3.0.102 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
gallery-bank
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
3.0.102
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.0.101
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Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin < 3.0.70 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin < 3.0.61 - Arbitrary File Upload
Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 3.0.229 - SQL Injection
Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 4.0.50 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media Upload
Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 4.0.50 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Gallery Description
Gallery Bank – WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin < 2.0.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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