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1 vulnerability by dancoulter
CVE-2017-20207 (GCVE-0-2017-20207)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-18 03:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17
VLAI
Title
Flickr Gallery <= 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Summary
The Flickr Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via deserialization of untrusted input from the `pager ` parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. Attackers were actively exploiting this vulnerability with the WP_Theme() class to create backdoors.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Coulter | Flickr Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 1.5.3
(semver)
|
Credits
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