CVE-2026-42028 (GCVE-0-2026-42028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 15:54 – Updated: 2026-05-08 17:05
VLAI
Title
novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root
Summary
novaGallery is a php image gallery. Prior to version 2.1.1, a path traversal vulnerability has been identified in novaGallery. This allows unauthenticated users to read image files outside the intended gallery root directory. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.1.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
novafacile novagallery Affected: < 2.1.1
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