FoogalleryWordPress extension · Fooplugins
CVE-2023-44233
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in FooPlugins Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery plugin <= 2.2.44 versions.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in FooPlugins FooGallery plugin versions 2.2.44 and earlier allows attackers to induce authenticated administrators to perform unintended actions by tricking them into submitting malicious requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
FoogalleryWordPress extension
<= 2.2.44CVSS 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
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Confirm FooGallery plugin is installedCheck your WordPress site's plugin directory or access the Plugins page in the WordPress admin dashboard to verify FooGallery (FooPlugins) is presentAffected if FooGallery plugin is not installed on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed FooGallery versionAccess the Plugins page in WordPress admin, locate FooGallery in the list, and note the version number displayed under the plugin name, or inspect the main plugin file header for the Version fieldAffected if Cannot determine the version number from the plugin metadata
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Compare installed version against affected rangeCompare the identified version number to the affected range: any version 2.2.44 or lower is within the vulnerable rangeAffected if Installed version is 2.2.44 or any earlier version (for example, 2.2.40, 2.2.35, etc.)
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Verify administrator authentication is requiredConfirm that the vulnerability requires a logged-in administrator to be tricked into submitting a malicious request; this is inherent to the CSRF flaw and cannot be disabled through configurationAffected if The site has authenticated administrator accounts with FooGallery access
A site is affected if FooGallery plugin by FooPlugins is installed and the installed version is 2.2.44 or any earlier version.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate FooGallery plugin to a version newer than 2.2.44, or disable the plugin until a patch is available.
Latest version of FooGallery (verify version > 2.2.44 contains the security fix)
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find FooGallery in the plugin list
- Check if an update is available for FooGallery
- If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to update to the latest version
- After updating, verify the plugin is functioning correctly
- If no update is available through WordPress, manually download the latest version from wordpress.org and reinstall
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-44233 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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