CVE-2020-35942: A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.5.0 for WordPress allows File Upload and Local File Inclusion via settings modification, leading to Remote Code Executi

high Affects nextgen-gallery (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2021-02-09; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the NextGEN Gallery plugin before 3.5.0 for WordPress allows File Upload and Local File Inclusion via settings modification, leading to Remote Code Executi

Package: nextgen-gallery (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.5.0
Fixed in: 3.5.0
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (72.0th percentile)
Published: 2021-02-09
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352 CWE-79

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