CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
51.7%
The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 may execute code from an uploaded malicious file.
CWE-98**: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’) -**CVE-2016-6565
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).
An authenticated user may be able to read arbitrary files on the server or execute code on the server by including a malicious local file in a formatted server request.
Apply an update
Imagely has released the NextGen Gallery plugin version 2.1.57 to address this issue. Affected users are encouraged to upgrade to version 2.1.57 or later as soon as possible.
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Notified: October 12, 2016 Updated: November 14, 2016
Statement Date: October 26, 2016
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The patch for this issue was included with version 2.1.57.
Group | Score | Vector |
---|---|---|
Base | 9 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Temporal | 7 | E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
Environmental | 5.3 | CDP:ND/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
Thanks to Mukhammad Khalilov for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Garret Wassermann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2016-6565 |
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Date Public: | 2016-11-15 Date First Published: |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
51.7%