# CVE-2021-24363: Photo Gallery < 1.5.75 - File Upload Path Traversal

> High-privilege users can upload files to arbitrary filesystem locations via path traversal in the Photo Gallery WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vm6r-qwjc-7jvf

## What is CVE-2021-24363?

CVE-2021-24363 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.5.75 did not ensure that uploaded files are kept inside its uploads folder, allowing high privilege users to put images/SVG anywhere in the filesystem via a path traversal vector

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24363?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24363?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24363 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24363 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

- [CVE-2022-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1281/): Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0169/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24139/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.55 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16119/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14313/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24363 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24363 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24363/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24363/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24363
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24363
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24363

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24363/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.