CVE-2026-9059

NextGEN Gallery version prior to 4.2.1 are vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via the 'orderby' parameter on the REST API endpoints '/imagely/v1/galleries' and '/imagely/v1/albums'. The root cause is an insufficient sanitization function ('_clean_column()') in the data mapper layer that uses a character blacklist instead of a whitelist approach. This allows an authenticated attacker with the 'NextGEN Gallery overview' capability (assigned to the Administrator role by default) to inject arbitrary SQL into the 'ORDER BY' clause.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-42

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 May 2026, 09:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-20 09:16

Updated : 2026-05-20 14:01

NVD link : CVE-2026-9059

Mitre link : CVE-2026-9059

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-9059

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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