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CVE-2016-6565

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

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Published at: - 13-07-2018 10:29
Last modified: - 06-10-2022 07:20
Total changes: - 2

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).

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
High
Attack complexity
Network
Attack vector
High
Availability
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Privileges required
Unchanged
Scope
None
User interaction
7.5
Base score
1.6
5.9
Exploitability score
Impact score
 

Verification logic

 

Reference

  • 94356-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • VU#346175-Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
 


Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2016-6565

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures

 

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