CVE-2023-3155
NextGEN Gallery < 3.39 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read and Delete
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Delete due to a lack of input parameter validation in the gallery_edit function, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary resources on the server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Delete due to a lack of input parameter validation in the gallery_edit function, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary resources on the server.
- Record
CVE-2023-3155- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
NextGEN Gallery < 3.39 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read and Delete
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Delete due to a lack of input parameter validation in the gallery_edit function, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary resources on the server.
- Record
CVE-2023-3155- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43839
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Delete due to a lack of input parameter validation in the gallery_edit function, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary resources on the server.
- Record
EUVD-2023-43839- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4mq9-mp5g-r83q
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read...
The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Delete due to a lack of input parameter validation in the gallery_edit function, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary resources on the server.
- Record
GHSA-4mq9-mp5g-r83q- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-3155 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, published October 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.