WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-5481 Modified

Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery: Filesystem traversal

Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 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.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery
Plugin slug
photo-gallery
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jun 07, 2024
Weakness
CWE-35 — Path Traversal: '.../...//'
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Jun 07, 2024 and is one of 58 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 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

The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.23 via the esc_dir function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to cut and paste (copy) the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, and to cut (delete) arbitrary directories, including the root WordPress directory. By default this can be exploited by administrators only. In the premium version of the plugin, administrators can give gallery edit permissions to lower level users, which might make this exploitable by users as low as contributors.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources