CVE-2023-2562 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Gallery Metabox for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh_metabox function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain a list of images attached to a post.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gallery-metabox Project	Gallery-metabox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gallery-metabox_project:gallery-metabox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-metabox/trunk/gallery-metabox.php?rev=611664#L203
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/951e4651-56d6-474d-84b3-5a7cfc357b9f?source=cve

History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Gallery Metabox <= 1.5 - Missing Authorization via refresh_metabox

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-07-12T04:38:47.479Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:10:00.470Z

Reserved: 2023-05-06T14:33:02.501Z

Link: CVE-2023-2562

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.838Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-12T05:15:09.180

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:04.217

Link: CVE-2023-2562

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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