CVE-2023-3279 NextGEN Gallery < 3.39 - Admin+ Local File Inclusion

Q: What is CVE-2023-3279?

CVE-2023-3279 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Gallery Plugin, published on 16 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Q: Is CVE-2023-3279 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3279 exists.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-3279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Medium 4.9 Published 16 Oct 2023 Updated 23 Apr 2025

Administrators can exploit unvalidated block attributes to perform Local File Inclusion attacks in the NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-3279?

CVE-2023-3279 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Gallery Plugin, published on 16 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 does not validate some block attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing Admin users to perform LFI attacks

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3279?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagely Nextgen Gallery.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-3279 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3279 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q438-9265-rccj.