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CVE-2016-6565

HIGH 7.5 CVSS 3.0
Published
July 13, 2018
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cret@cert.org
Weakness
CWE-98, CWE-20
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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).

Affected products and versions

  • Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin — From 2.1.57 (including) to 2.1.57 (excluding)
  • imagely nextgen_gallery — Before 2.1.57

References