CVE-2026-42028

novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root

5.3 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Up 0.3 points since May 9, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root

Record: CVE-2026-42028
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-28806 5.3

Record: EUVD-2026-28806
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2026-42028
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.3

novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root

Record: CVE-2026-42028
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

novafacile novagallery

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-42028 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Novafacile Novagallery, published May 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.