Description
WordPress Plugin NextGEN Gallery-WordPress Gallery is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin NextGEN Gallery-WordPress Gallery version 3.2.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 3.2.4 or latest
References
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-nextgen-gallery-race-condition-to-rce-d64695ef3d5c
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nextgen-gallery/trunk/readme.txt
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