CVE-2023-25060
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox: from n/a through 1.6.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA missing authorization vulnerability in the Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before granting access to certain functionality, potentially allowing unauthenticated or low-privileged users to access sensitive features or data that should require higher privileges.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedCheck if the 'album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox' directory exists in wp-content/plugins/ on your WordPress serverAffected if The plugin directory exists in the plugins folder
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox.php) and locate the version comment or the Version: header in the file header, or check the 'Stable tag' in readme.txtAffected if The installed version matches or falls within the range of versions lacking the authorization fix
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Inspect plugin AJAX or public endpointsReview the plugin's PHP files for action hooks (add_action) handling AJAX requests or public-facing functions, particularly those accessing sensitive data or performing modificationsAffected if The plugin contains endpoints that can be accessed without capability checks or nonce verification for privileged operations
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Test low-privilege user access to plugin featuresUsing a low-privilege WordPress user account (e.g., Subscriber role), attempt to access plugin functionality that should require Administrator privileges, or inspect the code for missing current_user_can() calls before sensitive operationsAffected if Low-privilege or unauthenticated users can access features that should be restricted to administrators
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Review role and capability assignments in plugin settingsCheck the plugin's settings page (wp-admin > Album Gallery > Settings or similar) for any role-based access control configurations that grant elevated capabilities to lower-privileged rolesAffected if The plugin configuration grants elevated capabilities or access to users who should not have them
Your environment is affected if the Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox plugin is installed and its version lacks the authorization fix, or if low-privileged users can access restricted plugin features.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version once available, or disable the plugin until a patch is released. Review user role capabilities and implement proper authorization checks on all sensitive functions.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25060 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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