CVE-2019-14798 — The 10Web Photo Gallery plugin before 1

The 10Web Photo Gallery plugin before 1.5.25 for WordPress has Authenticated Local File Inclusion via directory traversal in the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=shortcode_bwg tagtext parameter.

01What is this vulnerability?

The 10Web Photo Gallery plugin before 1.5.25 for WordPress has Authenticated Local File Inclusion via directory traversal in the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=shortcode_bwg tagtext parameter.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-09T13:29:40.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:26:39.062Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/#developers
• www.pluginvulnerabilities.com — https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/05/14/authenticated-local-file-inclus…
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9361