WordPress Gallery Exporter <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Download
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- WordPress Gallery Exporter – Export your NextGen, Envira and FooGallery galleries to your computer
- Affected Version
<= 1.3- CVSS
- 2.7Low
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2024-31342
At a glance
CVE-2024-31342 is a low-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the WordPress Gallery Exporter WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3. It carries a CVSS score of 2.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Administrator level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Abdi Prawira Negara.
Vulnerability Overview
The WordPress Gallery Exporter – Export your NextGen, Envira and FooGallery galleries to your computer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to the plugin improperly validating the path to requested file downloads. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to download arbitrary files that may contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php
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.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in WordPress Gallery Exporter <= 1.3 takes an account at Administrator level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WordPress Gallery Exporter yet, so installs running <= 1.3 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Administrator access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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