WF-cb855743-1d08-4e21-a23c-a4ffba615f57-nextgen-gallery

NextGen Gallery <= 2.0 - Path Traversal

highImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Score

high

Severity

2.0.7

Patched in

3626d

Time to patch

Description

The NextGen Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the 'dir' parameter. This allows attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.0

PublishedFebruary 18, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginnextgen-gallery

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb855743-1d08-4e21-a23c-a4ffba615f57?source=api-prod

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