Mac Photo Gallery for WordPress 'albid' Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62205

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a remote file disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The Mac Photo Gallery for WordPress hosted on the remote web server is affected by a file disclosure vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'albid' parameter of the 'macdownload.php' script. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files by forming a request containing directory traversal sequences.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62205

File Name: wordpress_mac_photo_gallery_file_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/19/2012

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2012

Exploitable With

Elliot (WordPress Mac Photo Gallery 2.8 File Disclosure)

Reference Information

BID: 54128

Detections

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