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GHSA-Q977-85XC-W698

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-20 09:30 – Updated: 2026-05-20 09:30

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 07:41 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:46

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')

Assigner

tenable

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-42

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
awesomemotive	NextGEN Gallery	Affected: O , < 4.2.1 (custom)

Date Public ?

2026-05-20 07:28

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GHSA-Q977-85XC-W698

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

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