WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.38 - Authenticated (Admin+) Local File Inclusion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-3279
CVSS Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published September 25, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Alex Sanford
Description

The WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.38 via the 'Select View' field in the plugin's developer tools. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug nextgen-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.38
Patched Version
  • 3.39
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