Photo Gallery by 10Web: SQL injection
Photo Gallery by 10Web is affected by SQL injection. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Photo Gallery by 10Web
- Plugin slug
photo-gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 14, 2022
This CVE was published Mar 14, 2022 and is one of 58 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Photo Gallery by 10Web to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not validate and escape the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0 parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the bwg_frontend_data AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H