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GHSA-H438-86CM-G2Q6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-07 12:34 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:33

Details

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.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2024-5481 (GCVE-0-2024-5481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-07 09:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:01

Title

Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery <= 1.8.23 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal via esc_dir Function

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-16 18:35 UTC

CWE

CWE-35 - Path Traversal: '.../...//'

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3098798/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/#developers

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
10web	Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.8.23 (semver)

Credits

Tobias Weißhaar

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