# CVE-2023-6947: Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

> Authenticated contributors can read arbitrary server folders via directory traversal in FooGallery, exposing sensitive information.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9q34-p9w7-3f57

## What is CVE-2023-6947?

CVE-2023-6947 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in https://fooplugins.com FooGallery Premium, published on 10 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.26. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level or higher to read the contents of arbitrary folders on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as folder structure.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-25 (Path Traversal: '/../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6947?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fooplugins Foogallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6947?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6947 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in https://fooplugins.com FooGallery Premium

- [CVE-2023-44244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44244/): WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.44 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-29439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29439/): WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.35 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-6068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6068/): Cross-site scripting in Gallery by FooGallery (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-12119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12119/): Cross-site scripting in Gallery by FooGallery (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2122/): FooGallery <= 2.4.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Gallery Custom URL (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6947 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6947 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in https://fooplugins.com FooGallery Premium, published on 10 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: https://fooplugins.com FooGallery Premium. 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-2023-6947/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6947/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6947
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6947
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6947

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6947/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.