Apptha Mac Photo Gallery 3.0 macdownload.php albid path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apptha Mac Photo Gallery 3.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file macdownload.php. The manipulation of the argument albid leads to path traversal. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20250. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apptha Mac Photo Gallery 3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file macdownload.php. The manipulation of the argument albid with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mac Photo Gallery 3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files by manipulating the albid parameter. Attackers can send requests to macdownload.php with directory traversal sequences to access sensitive files like wp-load.php outside the intended plugin directory.

The weakness was disclosed by Ihsan Sencan as 41566. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-20250 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:macdownload.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 Temp Score: 6.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

06/08/2026 CVE reserved
06/09/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
06/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 41566
Researcher: Ihsan Sencan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-20250 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-20250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-369527
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/09/2026 14:31
Changes: 06/09/2026 14:31 (82)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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