{"id":86451,"date":"2026-02-13T01:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:17:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-31050-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-apptha-slider-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31050-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-apptha-slider-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-31050: Critical Path Traversal Vulnerability in Apptha Slider Gallery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The focus of this report is on a critical vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-31050, which resides in appthaplugins Apptha Slider Gallery. This Path Traversal vulnerability poses a significant threat to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the affected systems and data. Exploitation of this vulnerability could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakages, highlighting the urgent need for mitigation.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-31050
\nSeverity: High (CVSS:7.5)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: Required
\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Apptha Slider Gallery | n\/a through 2.5<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exploit takes advantage of an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (‘Path Traversal’) vulnerability in the Apptha Slider Gallery. An attacker can manipulate variables that reference files with ‘dot-dot-slash (..\/)’ sequences and its variations such as ‘http:\/\/’, thereby navigating out of the intended directory and gaining access to unauthorized files or directories.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is a simplified conceptual example of a malicious HTTP request exploiting the Path Traversal vulnerability:<\/p>\n

GET \/loadImage?filename=..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n
In this example, instead of loading an image, the attacker is attempting to retrieve a sensitive file (‘\/etc\/passwd’) from the server.<\/p>\n
Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n
Until a patch is available from the vendor, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure. These systems can detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability by inspecting incoming HTTP requests for patterns indicative of Path Traversal attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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