CVE-2023-5583 (GCVE-0-2023-5583)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-30 13:48 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:35
VLAI
Title
WP Simple Galleries <= 1.34 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection
Summary
The WP Simple Galleries plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.34 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'wpsimplegallery_gallery' post meta via 'wpsgallery' shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions 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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 18:34 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2386 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
maca134 WP Simple Galleries Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.34 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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