CVE-2022-1282: Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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: 2022-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitize the $_GET['image_url'] variable, which is reflected back to the users when executing the editimage_bwg AJAX action.

Affected products

10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery: before 1.6.3 — fixed in 1.6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 1.6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2706798%40photo-gallery&old=2694928%40photo-gallery&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37a58f4e-d2bc-4825-8e1b-4aaf0a1cf1b6
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2706798%40photo-gallery&old=2694928%40photo-gallery&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37a58f4e-d2bc-4825-8e1b-4aaf0a1cf1b6

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