What is CVE-2023-3279?

CVE-2023-3279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-3279?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-3279 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery

CVE-2023-3279

The WordPress Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.39 does not validate some block attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing Admin users to perform LFI attacks

Published 2023-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagely Nextgen Gallery
WordPress Gallery Plugin — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/3b7a7070-8d61-4ff8-b003-b4ff06221635 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3279?: CVE-2023-3279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-3279?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-3279 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.