WordPress Gallery Exporter <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Download

2024-04-05 00:00
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

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. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

External References

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