CVE-2016-11018

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in the Huge-IT gallery-images plugin before 1.9.0 for WordPress. The headers Client-Ip and X-Forwarded-For are prone to unauthenticated SQL injection. The affected file is gallery-images.php. The affected function is huge_it_image_gallery_ajax_callback().

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.14% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory 10degres.net Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-images/tags/1.8.9 third party advisory release notes
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-images/tags/1.9.0 third party advisory release notes
http://10degres.net/cve-2016-11018-image-gallery-sql-injection/ third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-11018?
CVE-2016-11018 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-11018?
To fix CVE-2016-11018, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-11018 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-11018 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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