Photo Gallery: SQL injection
Photo Gallery is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Photo Gallery
- Plugin slug
photo-gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 02, 2022
This CVE was published May 02, 2022 and is one of 58 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Photo Gallery 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 WordPress plugin through 1.6.3 does not properly escape the $_POST['filter_tag'] parameter, which is appended to an SQL query, making SQL Injection attacks possible.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H