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

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-31342
CVSS Low (2.7)
Publicly Published April 5, 2024
Last Updated April 10, 2024
Researcher Abdi Prawira Negara
Description

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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-gallery-exporter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3
Patched Version
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