CVE-2020-35942
NextGEN Gallery CSRF Remote Code Execution and Cross-Site Scripting
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.5.0 for WordPress allows File Upload and Local File Inclusion via settings modification, leading to Remote Code Execution and XSS. (It is possible to bypass CSRF protection by simply not including a nonce parameter.)
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 9, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-35942.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/02/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-nextgen-gallery-affect-over-800000-wordpress-sites/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-35942 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-35942 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-352 CWE-352 CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/02/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-nextgen-gallery-affect-over-800000-wordpress-sites/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/02/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-nextgen-gallery-affect-over-800000-wordpress-sites/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-352 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.5.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-35942 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-35942
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} 0.09%
score
0.55949
percentile