Description

WordPress Plugin Photo Gallery by 10Web-Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. WordPress Plugin Photo Gallery by 10Web-Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery version 1.3.33 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.3.34 or latest

References

https://security.dxw.com/advisories/path-traversal-vulnerability-in-gallery-may-allow-admins-to-read-most-files-on-the-filesystem/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/#changelog

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Directory Traversal