CVE-2016-6565

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 does not properly validate user input in the cssfile parameter of a HTTP POST request, which may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server, or execute arbitrary code on the server in some circumstances (dependent on server configuration).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-98 CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Imagely	NextGen Gallery plugin	>= 2.1.57, < 2.1.57

References

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/346175Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94356/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/346175Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94356/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jul 13, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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