Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.
VOLERION
Volerion Security Research

NOT DEFERRED DATABASE

VULNERABILITIES

CVE-2016-6565 Details

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.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/346175 CVEThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94356/ CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/346175 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94356/ [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]
CWE-98Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
imagely nextgen gallery
< 2.1.57

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:imagely:nextgen_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6565
NVD Published Date:
Jul 13, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6565 Details - Not Deferred