NextGEN Gallery – SQL Injection_CVE-2026-9059

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    "description": "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'.\n\n\n\nThe 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.",
    "published": "2026-05-20T07:41:28.135Z",
    "modified": "2026-05-20T07:59:31.182Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "NextGEN Gallery - SQL Injection",
    "source": "tenable",
    "references": "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-42",
    "id": "CVE-2026-9059",
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    "cwe": [
        "CWE-89"
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    "sourceData": "awesomemotive NextGEN Gallery O",
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    "cvss": {
        "score": 9.3,
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "vector": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
        "version": "4.0"
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    "category_name": "CVE",
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    "product": "NextGEN Gallery",
    "version": "prior to 4.2.1",
    "vendor": "awesomemotive",
    "ai_description": "Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability via the 'orderby' parameter on the REST API endpoints '/imagely/v1/galleries' and '/imagely/v1/albums'",
    "ai_severity": "Critical",
    "ai_vendor": "awesomemotive",
    "ai_product": "NextGEN Gallery",
    "ai_version": "prior to 4.2.1",
    "ai_score": 9.3
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