CVE-2022-38468

Medium

Published: 01 March 2023

Published

01 March 2023

Modified

21 November 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0018 40.0th percentile

Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-38468 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Imagely WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin <= 3.28 leading to thumbnail alteration.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

imagely

nextgen gallery

≤ 3.29

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-352

Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.

addresses: CWE-352

Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.

addresses: CWE-352

Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.

addresses: CWE-352

Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.