Photo Gallery <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated(Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via Shortcode
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
The Photo Gallery – Responsive Photo Gallery, Image Gallery, Portfolio Gallery, Logo Gallery And Team Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 via deserialization via shortcode of untrusted input from the 'awl_lg_settings_' attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1896
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vc84-jf9c-r6r5
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14894c36-f657-4368-bc7f-60121ec08c13?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/new-photo-gallery/tags/1.4.0/shortcode.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3089214%40new-photo-gallery%2Ftrunk&old=3082454%40new-photo-gallery%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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Sources
- CVE-2024-1896 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1896 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vc84-jf9c-r6r5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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