WordPress Envira Gallery Lite plugin <= 1.8.14 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Envira Gallery Team Envira Photo Gallery allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Envira Photo Gallery: from n/a through 1.8.14.
- Published
- Nov 1, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 42th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · Patchstack
- 4.3
- 4.5 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| enviragallery | envira gallery | cpe:2.3:a:enviragallery:envira_gallery |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- enviragallery envira gallerybefore 1.8.15
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Envira Gallery Team Envira Photo Gallery
- n/a and later · up to and including 1.8.14affectedfixed in 1.8.15
Same product
enviragallery: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-2190Envira Gallery Lite < 1.8.4.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting24Monitor
- CVE-2021-24126Envira Gallery Lite < 1.8.3.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting21Monitor
- CVE-2020-35582A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Envira Gallery Lite before 1.8.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript/HTML 21Monitor
- CVE-2020-35581A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Envira Gallery Lite before 1.8.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript/HTML 21Monitor
- CVE-2020-9334A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the Envira Photo Gallery plugin through 1.7.6 for WordPress.21Monitor
- CVE-2024-3899Envira Gallery < 1.8.15 - Author+ Stored XSS19Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Envira Gallery Team Envira Photo Gallery | 1.8.15 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-6742295 days apartEnvira Gallery Lite <= 1.8.7.2 - Missing Authorization to Gallery Modification via envira_gallery_insert_images17Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.