WordPress Photo Gallery – Image Gallery by Ape Plugin <= 2.2.8 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

published 2025-01-02 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-45098

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Galleryape Gallery Images Ape allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Gallery Images Ape: from n/a through 2.2.8.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-01-02)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Galleryape Gallery Images Ape

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/gallery-images-ape/vulnerability/wordpress-gallery-images-ape-plugin-2-2-8-auth-bro
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-41995
NVD CVE-2022-41995

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