Page Flip Image Gallery Plugin: Filesystem traversal

Page Flip Image Gallery Plugin is affected by filesystem traversal. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 4.3 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Page Flip Image Gallery Plugin
Plugin slug: page-flip-image-gallery-plugin
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Dec 30, 2008
Weakness: CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Dec 30, 2008 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Page Flip Image Gallery Plugin 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.

Source record

Technical description

Directory traversal vulnerability in getConfig.php in the Page Flip Image Gallery plugin 0.2.2 and earlier for WordPress, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the book_id parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources