# CVE-2023-1427: Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.8.15 - Admin+ Path Traversal

> High-privilege users can exploit a path traversal flaw to place images anywhere in the filesystem, bypassing upload restrictions.

- **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:** 17 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rwcv-wwxv-h77x

## What is CVE-2023-1427?

CVE-2023-1427 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web, published on 17 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

- The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.8.15 did not ensure that uploaded files are kept inside its uploads folder, allowing high privilege users to put images anywhere in the filesystem via a path traversal vector.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1427?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1427 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1427 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web

- [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-2023-1427 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1427 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web, published on 17 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1427 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Photo Gallery by 10Web. 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-2023-1427/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1427/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1427
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1427
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1427

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1427/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.