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TI-2020-18383 Aliases CVE-2020-35942GHSA-phg2-9429-v8rx

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.5.0 for…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering, Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352 and CWE-79.

Summary

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.5.0 for WordPress allows File Upload and Local File Inclusion via settings modification, leading to Remote Code Execution and XSS. (It is possible to bypass CSRF protection by simply not including a nonce parameter.)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01435 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 3.5.0VulnerableImagely
  • cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.5.0 Vulnerable ·Imagely

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35942
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phg2-9429-v8rx

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2023-02956 NextGEN Gallery < 3.39 - Admin+ PHAR Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-10666 A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Imagely NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.2.11… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-02957 NextGEN Gallery < 3.39 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read and Delete CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2024-05058 NextGEN Gallery < 3.59.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2013-03217 NextGEN Gallery plugin before 1.9.13 for WordPress: ngggallery.php file upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-02901 WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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