CVE-2026-9059 (GCVE-0-2026-9059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 07:41 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:46
VLAI?
Title
NextGEN Gallery - SQL Injection
Summary
NextGEN Gallery version prior to 4.2.1 are vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via the 'orderby' parameter on the REST API endpoints '/imagely/v1/galleries' and '/imagely/v1/albums'. The root cause is an insufficient sanitization function ('_clean_column()') in the data mapper layer that uses a character blacklist instead of a whitelist approach. This allows an authenticated attacker with the 'NextGEN Gallery overview' capability (assigned to the Administrator role by default) to inject arbitrary SQL into the 'ORDER BY' clause.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
awesomemotive NextGEN Gallery Affected: O , < 4.2.1 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2026-05-20 07:28
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