CVE-2019-15779 describes a critical vulnerability in the insta-gallery plugin (versions prior to 2.4.8) for WordPress, specifically affecting quadlayers wp_social_feed_gallery. The flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation for the qligg_dismiss_notice and qligg_form_item_delete functions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quadlayers:wp_social_feed_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.