CVE-2025-6726 (GCVE-0-2025-6726)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-18 05:23 – Updated: 2025-07-18 13:03
VLAI?
Title
Block Editor Gallery Slider <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Post Meta Update
Summary
The Block Editor Gallery Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the classic_gallery_slider_options() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited post meta for arbitrary posts.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
krasenslavov Block Editor Gallery Slider Affected: * , ≤ 1.1.1 (semver)
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Credits
Phong Nguyen
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