CVE-2022-38468

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin <= 3.28 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Imagely WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin <= 3.28 leading to thumbnail alteration.

The NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.28. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ajax_set_post_thumbnail' and 'createNewThumb' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and set thumbnails on posts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Imagely WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin <= 3.28 leading to thumbnail alteration.

*Credits: Lana Codes (Patchstack Alliance)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-14 CVE Reserved
2023-02-14 CVE Published
2025-01-13 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/nextgen-gallery/wordpress-wordpress-gallery-plugin-nextgen-gallery-plugin-3-28-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Imagely Search vendor "Imagely"		Nextgen Gallery Search vendor "Imagely" for product "Nextgen Gallery"				< 3.29 Search vendor "Imagely" for product "Nextgen Gallery" and version " < 3.29"		wordpress		Affected