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WordPress myGallery Plugin "myPath" File Inclusion Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA25042  
Release Date: 2007-04-30
Last Update: 2007-05-07

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:myGallery 1.x (plugin for WordPress)

CVE reference:CVE-2007-2426 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
GolD_M has discovered a vulnerability in the myGallery plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information and to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "myPath" parameter in myfunctions/mygallerybrowser.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external resources.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Fixed in the beta version 1.4b5.

Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Provided and/or discovered by:
GolD_M a.k.a. Mahmood_ali

Changelog:
2007-05-07: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3814



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