Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-42028novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in novagallery from novafacile. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| novafacile | novagallery | < 2.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N