WP Photo Album Plus < 9.2.04.003 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Photo Comment
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
WP Photo Album Plus is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.03.001 through a decode-after-sanitize (double-encoding) flaw in the photo-comment pipeline. On write, `wppa_do_comment()` sanitizes the comment with `wppa_filter_html()` (wp_kses) followed by `wp_strip_all_tags()` (`wppa-functions.php:2623-2624`). Because `wp_strip_all_tags()` only removes *real* tags, an attacker who submits a **double HTML-entity-encoded** payload (e.g. `&lt;img src=... onload=...&gt;`) passes the write filters as harmless entity text and is stored one decode-level down (`<img ... onload=...>`).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Photo Album Plus | before 9.2.04.003 | 9.2.04.003 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP Photo Album Plus VendorUnknown Affected before 9.2.04.003 Fixed in 9.2.04.003 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WP Photo Album Plus (Unknown) Fixed in 9.2.04.003
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14922
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xmq9-mfwm-hg4m
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-14922 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14922 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xmq9-mfwm-hg4m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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