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CVE-2022-0169: Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 74.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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

Affected products

• 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery: before 1.6.0 — fixed in 1.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 1.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2672822/photo-gallery#file9
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b4d870f-eab8-4544-91f8-9c5f0538709c
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2672822/photo-gallery#file9
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b4d870f-eab8-4544-91f8-9c5f0538709c

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