Description
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.
CVSS 9.3EPSS 0.28700000000000003%Risk 0.95
View source- Published
- 2026-05-20 09:16:27
- Affected versions
- <4.2.1
- Type
- Installed app
- Last modified
- 2026-07-23 20:10:00
- Vector
- 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X