CVE-2023-6947

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-6947?

Upgrade foogallery to 2.4.27 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-6947 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-6947 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.74% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 51% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-6947?

CVE-2023-6947 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-6947 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for foogallery (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.26. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level or higher to read the contents of arbitrary folders on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as folder structure.

CWE-25 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

foogalleryNVD

Affected:< 2.4.27Fixed in:2.4.27CVE-2023-6947derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

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CVE-2022-20775	High	7.8	12%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-68916	Critical	9.1	2.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52138	High	8.2	1.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52076	High	8.5	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-6118	High	7.5	0.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-2442	High	7.5	0.7%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-6947?

Upgrade foogallery to 2.4.27 or later.

Is CVE-2023-6947 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-6947 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.74% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 51% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-6947?

CVE-2023-6947 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-6947 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for foogallery (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-02-24.