Description
The Gallery Blocks with Lightbox WordPress plugin before 3.0.8 has an AJAX endpoint that can be accessed by any authenticated users, such as subscriber. The callback function allows numerous actions, the most serious one being reading and updating the WordPress options which could be used to enable registration with a default administrator user role.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Gallery Blocks with Lightbox. Image Gallery, (HTML5 video , YouTube, Vimeo) Video Gallery and Lightbox for native gallery | < 3.0.8 | 3.0.8 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/11703e49-c042-4eb6-9a5f-6e006e3725a0 exploit vdb-entry technical-description