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CVE-2026-44642: Piwigo: SQL injection in upgrade authentication allows unauthenticated upgrade authorization bypass (PHP 8+)

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-25 · updated 2026-09-25
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Piwigo is a full featured open source photo gallery application for the web. Prior to 16.4.0, check_upgrade_access_rights() in admin/include/functions_upgrade.php conditionally escapes the submitted username only when the removed get_magic_quotes_gpc function exists, so PHP 8 and later concatenate an unauthenticated username directly into the upgrade authentication SQL query. When database upgrades are pending, a crafted query result can satisfy the status and password checks, set PHPWG_IN_UPGRADE, and authorize upgrade execution without valid administrator credentials. This can cause unauthorized database integrity changes and service disruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.4.0.

Affected products

• Piwigo: before 16.4.0

References

• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/1ff9d04534feb5f8f3cc2d3613c0fe8b51a1c0ba
• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/2cfa7a3d194c8b95edde43038d8f5be5a359e785
• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/releases/tag/16.4.0
• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-6wj3-7fhw-gfpm
• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-6wj3-7fhw-gfpm

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