CVE-2021-25041: Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.68 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.5.68 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues via the bwg_album_breadcrumb_0 and shortcode_id GET parameters passed to the bwg_frontend_data AJAX action

Affected products

10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery: before 1.5.68 — fixed in 1.5.68

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 1.5.68. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2467205
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32aee3ea-e0af-44da-a16c-102c83eaed8f
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2467205
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32aee3ea-e0af-44da-a16c-102c83eaed8f

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