CVE-2026-3013 Path Traversal in Coppermine Photo Gallery
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in Coppermine Photo Gallery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-3013?
CVE-2026-3013 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Coppermine Photo Gallery, published on 11 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Coppermine Photo Gallery in versions 1.6.09 through 1.6.27 is vulnerable to path traversal. Unauthenticated remote attacker is able to exploit a vulnerable endpoint and construct payloads that allow to read content of any file accessible by the the web server process.This issue was fixed in version 1.6.28.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3013?
How do I fix CVE-2026-3013?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3013 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-2026-3013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vccx-795p-v88p.