CVE-2013-0291

published 2020-01-30

CVE-2013-0291: NextGEN Gallery Plugin for WordPress 1.9.10 and 1.9.11 has a Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Priority P2 58 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

NextGEN Gallery Plugin for WordPress 1.9.10 and 1.9.11 has a Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
imagely	nextgen_gallery	—	—
imagely	nextgen_gallery	—	—
nextgen_gallery_plugin_authors	nextgen_gallery_plugin	—	—
nextgen_gallery_plugin_authors	nextgen_gallery_plugin	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url /?callback=json&api_key=true&format=json&method=gallery&id=1↗

url /?callback=json&api_key=true&format=xml&method=recent&limit=1↗

• → Monitor HTTP requests containing the query parameters 'callback=json', 'api_key=true', and 'format=json' or 'format=xml' combined with 'method=gallery' or 'method=recent' — these are the specific request patterns used to trigger the path disclosure in NextGEN Gallery 1.9.10/1.9.11. ↗
• → Alert on WordPress installations running NextGEN Gallery versions 1.9.10 and 1.9.11, as these are the confirmed vulnerable versions for this path disclosure vulnerability. ↗

• · The exploit requires no authentication — the 'api_key=true' parameter value is a literal boolean string, not a real key, suggesting the API key check is trivially bypassed. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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