Subscriber-level settings modification via missing capability checks
Published Jun 10, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Missing authorization in A WP Life Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to alter settings. The ajax_album_gallery and _ag_save_settings handlers update plugin configuration without checking the caller's WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the reported consequence is limited to unauthorized plugin-settings modification.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in A WP Life Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to alter settings. The ajax_album_gallery and _ag_save_settings handlers update plugin configuration without checking the caller's WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the reported consequence is limited to unauthorized plugin-settings modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35720
- Published
- Jun 10, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- A WP Life
- Product
- Album Gallery for Photo & Video
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=1.5.7 changes=[{"at":"1.5.8","status":"unaffected"}]
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