Description
The All-in-One Video Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.1.0 does not check the type, status or ownership of the target post before writing its view count and duration meta, allowing unauthenticated visitors to create or change that meta on any post, including private and draft posts, and to inflate the view count without limit.
Published: 2026-11-06
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized metadata modification leading to inflated view counts
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability exists in the All‑in‑One Video Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 5.1.0. The plugin fails to verify the type, status, or ownership of a target post before writing view‑count and duration metadata. As a result, any visitor—regardless of authentication status—can create or alter that metadata on any post, including private and draft posts, and can increase view counts without limit. This allows attackers to tamper with post statistics and potentially disrupt the integrity of content metrics, which could be leveraged for deceptive analytics or to flag erroneous data to site administrators.

Affected Systems

Any WordPress installation that uses the All‑in‑One Video Gallery plugin with a version older than 5.1.0. The only vendor listed is "Unknown:All‑in‑One Video Gallery". No specific affected platform versions are listed beyond the overall plugin version constraint.

Risk and Exploitability

The plugin’s REST endpoint or AJAX handler is exploitable without any authentication, making the attack vector straightforward for an unauthenticated attacker. While no EPSS score is available and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, the lack of access control suggests a high likelihood of exploitation. The impact is primarily data integrity and potential denial of accurate analytics rather than direct code execution or system compromise.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on November 6, 2026 at 07:25 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the All‑in‑One Video Gallery plugin to version 5.1.0 or newer.
  • Add a check to ensure only authorized users can write view‑count and duration metadata, or disable the feature if it is not required.
  • Review the WordPress REST API or AJAX hooks for the plugin and restrict access to authenticated users or block the endpoint entirely if it is not needed.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on November 6, 2026 at 07:25 UTC.

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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The All-in-One Video Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.1.0 does not check the type, status or ownership of the target post before writing its view count and duration meta, allowing unauthenticated visitors to create or change that meta on any post, including private and draft posts, and to inflate the view count without limit.
Title All-in-One Video Gallery < 5.1.0 - Unauthenticated Views and Duration Post Meta Write
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T06:00:26.207Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T18:26:17.992Z

Link: CVE-2026-119259

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T06:16:41.360

Modified: 2026-11-06T06:16:41.360

Link: CVE-2026-119259

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-06T07:30:09Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.