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CVE-2026-76010

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Description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 via the render_image function. This is due to unrestricted mass assignment of caller-supplied meta_data keys onto the image model combined with missing realpath containment in path construction and a bypassable signature check on the public image delivery route. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires the authenticated attacker to own at least one NextGEN gallery — a condition that can be satisfied by any Subscriber who was ever granted the 'NextGEN Manage gallery' capability, and that access is retained indefinitely due to the stored gallery-author equality fallback in _can_manage_gallery() even after the capability is revoked.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-31 10:16:38.547000
Last modified
2026-10-31 10:16:38.547000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-76010",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-31T10:16:38.547",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-31T10:16:38.547",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 via the render_image function. This is due to unrestricted mass assignment of caller-supplied meta_data keys onto the image model combined with missing realpath containment in path construction and a bypassable signature check on the public image delivery route. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires the authenticated attacker to own at least one NextGEN gallery — a condition that can be satisfied by any Subscriber who was ever granted the 'NextGEN Manage gallery' capability, and that access is retained indefinitely due to the stored gallery-author equality fallback in _can_manage_gallery() even after the capability is revoked."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "smub",
          "product": "Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.4.1",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 8.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-434"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/DataStorage/Manager.php#L1226",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/DataStorage/Manager.php#L2373",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/DataStorage/Manager.php#L2951",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/DynamicThumbnails/Controller.php#L33",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/XMLRPC/Controller.php#L289",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.3.0/src/XMLRPC/Controller.php#L69",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3699076/nextgen-gallery/trunk/src/DataStorage/Manager.php",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36dcde20-0af2-4b8b-8637-9a070dffa8a1?source=cve",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}