Piwigo is image gallery software written in PHP.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Piwigo is image gallery software written in PHP. When a criteria is not met on a host, piwigo defaults to usingmt_rand in order to generate password reset tokens. mt_rand output can be predicted after recovering the seed used to generate it. This low an unauthenticated attacker to take over an account providing they know an administrators email address in order to be able to request password reset.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Piwigo | piwigo < 2.8.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Piwigo Vendor— Affected piwigo < 2.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3735
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-82rp-xg3c-hxpx
References
More Piwigo vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-16500 Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via in the "profile" function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16499 Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via /admin/permalinks.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23899 Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-38673 Piwigo is vulnerable to one-click account takeover by modifying the password-reset link CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-32356 Piwigo v14.5.0 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the Edit album function. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-11988 Piwigo before 13.6.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-3735 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-3735 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-82rp-xg3c-hxpx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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