Limb Gallery Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Limb Gallery Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-49258. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Limb Gallery Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in Limbcode WordPress Gallery Plugin – Limb Image Gallery limb-gallery.This issue affects WordPress Gallery Plugin – Limb Image Gallery: from n/a through <= 1.5.7.

The weakness was disclosed by Stealthcopter. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-49258 since 10/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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10/14/2024 🔍
10/16/2024 +2 days 🔍
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04/05/2026 +536 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Stealthcopter
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-49258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280637

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 16:05
Updated: 04/05/2026 23:00
Changes: 10/16/2024 16:05 (63), 04/05/2026 23:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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