Installation Path Disclosure Weakness in NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin

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Advisory ID:	HTB22862
Product:	NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin
Vendor:	Alex Rabe
Vulnerable Versions:	1.7.3 and probably prior
Tested Version:	1.7.3
Advisory Publication:	February 15, 2011 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:	February 15, 2011
Public Disclosure:	March 1, 2011
Vulnerability Type:	Information Exposure Through Externally-generated Error Message [CWE-211]
Risk Level:	Medium

CVSSv2 Base Score:	5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Solution Status:	Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided:	High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Advisory Details:
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered a weakness in NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin which could be exploited to gain access to potentially sensitive information. 1) Installation path disclosure weakness in NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin The weakness exists due to application reveals the full path to installation directory in an error message. A remote attacker can directly access the wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/xml/ajax.php script and gain knowledge of the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information. Successful exploitation requires that php_display_errors variable is on. Exploitation examples: http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/xml/ajax.php?galleryid=1&p= 1&type=browser http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/xml/ajax.ph p?galleryid=1&p=1&type=gallery
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Upgrade to version 1.7.4.

References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22862 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22862 - Installation Path Disclosure Weakness in NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin [2] NextGEN Gallery wordpress plugin - alexrabe.de - NextGEN Gallery is the most popular photo gallery plugin for WordPress. [3] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.

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