J-Security Center

Title: DM Albums Multiple File Deletion Vulnerabilities

Severity: HIGH

Description:

DM Albums is a PHP-based image-gallery plugin for WordPress. DM Albums can also be run as an independent web application.

DM Albums is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to delete arbitrary files. The issues occur because the software fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

The following issues were reported:

1. The 'delete_album' parameter of the 'dm-albums/wp-dm-albums-ajax.php' script is affected by a directory-traversal vulnerability. This issue can allow attackers to delete arbitrary folders in the context of the affected application.

2. The 'dm-albums/wp-dm-albums-ajax.php' is not restricted to administrative users. Arbitrary users may delete folders in the context of the affected application.

The first issue has been addressed in DM Albums 2.1; the second issue affects version 2.1 and earlier.

Affected Products:

  • DutchMonkey DM Albums 2.0
  • DutchMonkey DM Albums 2.1

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