CVE-2020-35942 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 3.5.0. This flaw allows attackers to bypass CSRF protection by omitting a nonce, enabling unauthorized file uploads and local file inclusion through settings modification. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability poses a significant risk of remote code execution and cross-site scripting due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.
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.