Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery: Filesystem traversal
Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.
- Component
- Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery
- Plugin slug
foogallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 10, 2024
This CVE was published Dec 10, 2024 and is one of 20 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.26. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level or higher to read the contents of arbitrary folders on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as folder structure.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N