QID 150507

Date Published: 2022-05-05

QID 150507: WordPress Photo Gallery by 10Web Plugin: Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2022-0169)

Photo Gallery plugin is a feature-rich, yet easy-to-use WordPress tool, which lets you add mobile-friendly image galleries and gallery groups to your website.

The plugin 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 Versions:
WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin before 1.6.0.

QID Detection Logic:
This QID sends a HTTP GET request and checks for vulnerable version of WordPress plugin running on the target application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries on the target system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to Photo Gallery Plugin 1.6.0 or later version to remediate this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 150507

    CVE-2022-0169 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
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