CVE-2023-6947

Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

2024-12-09 17:12

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.4.27
Affected Plugin: FooGallery Premium
Affected Version: <= 2.4.26
CVSS: 7.7High
Weakness type: CWE-25 · Path Traversal: '/../filedir'
CVE: CVE-2023-6947

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At a glance

CVE-2023-6947 is a high-severity Path Traversal: '/../filedir' vulnerability in the FooGallery Premium WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.4.26. It carries a CVSS score of 7.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.27; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by Colin Xu.

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-25: Path Traversal: '/../filedir'

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize /../ sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Remediation

Update to version 2.4.27, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: FooGallery Premium 2.4.27 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6947 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68420c5a-4add-4597-bd2a-20dc831e81bd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6947

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CVSS Vector

7.7

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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