novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42028
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-08 17:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-05-12 16:45:18 UTC
DescriptionnovaGallery is a php image gallery. Prior to version 2.1.1, a path traversal vulnerability has been identified in novaGallery. This allows unauthenticated users to read image files outside the intended gallery root directory. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.1.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.000850000 probability, percentile 0.244850000 (date 2026-05-12)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-22 CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Novafacile Novagallery affected < 2.1.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/novafacile/novagallery/releases/tag/v2.1.1 [email protected] github.com
github.com/novafacile/novagallery/commit/46fe7b0f79f429e18c8cff3f92360c4... [email protected] github.com
github.com/novafacile/novagallery/security/advisories/GHSA-wv5j-98c7-frm9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com
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