CVE-2026-18579
WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.2.08.003 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.08.003 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce failure path for the getshortcodedrenderedfenodelay action serves as the log-write trigger rather than an access barrier — a deliberately failed nonce check causes wppa_log() to record the attacker-supplied X-Forwarded-For value to disk, making the exploit fully reachable by unauthenticated callers via the wp_ajax_nopriv_wppa endpoint.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.2.08.003 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.08.003 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce failure path for the getshortcodedrenderedfenodelay action serves as the log-write trigger rather than an access barrier — a deliberately failed nonce check causes wppa_log() to record the attacker-supplied X-Forwarded-For value to disk, making the exploit fully reachable by unauthenticated callers via the wp_ajax_nopriv_wppa endpoint.
- Record
CVE-2026-18579- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-75953
7.2
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.08.003 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce failure path for the getshortcodedrenderedfenodelay action serves as the log-write trigger rather than an access barrier — a deliberately failed nonce check causes wppa_log() to record the attacker-supplied X-Forwarded-For value to disk, making the exploit fully reachable by unauthenticated callers via the wp_ajax_nopriv_wppa endpoint.
- Record
EUVD-2026-75953- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5mj5-4x3x-pjmq
7.2
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the...
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.08.003 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce failure path for the getshortcodedrenderedfenodelay action serves as the log-write trigger rather than an access barrier — a deliberately failed nonce check causes wppa_log() to record the attacker-supplied X-Forwarded-For value to disk, making the exploit fully reachable by unauthenticated callers via the wp_ajax_nopriv_wppa endpoint.
- Record
GHSA-5mj5-4x3x-pjmq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.08.003 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce failure path for the getshortcodedrenderedfenodelay action serves as the log-write trigger rather than an access barrier — a deliberately failed nonce check causes wppa_log() to record the attacker-supplied X-Forwarded-For value to disk, making the exploit fully reachable by unauthenticated callers via the wp_ajax_nopriv_wppa endpoint.
- Record
CVE-2026-18579- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-18579 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Opajaap Wp Photo Album Plus, published September 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/251943ed-65d2-4635-9c84-2cf671233543?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/js/wppa-admin-scripts.js
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-input.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-utils.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-ajax.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/js/wppa-admin-scripts.js
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-input.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-utils.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-ajax.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3641521%40wp-photo-album-plus%2Ftrunk%2Fjs%2Fwppa-admin-scripts.js&old=3625666%40wp-photo-album-plus%2Ftrunk%2Fjs%2Fwppa-admin-scripts.js&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3641521%40wp-photo-album-plus%2Ftrunk%2Fwppa-input.php&old=3619969%40wp-photo-album-plus%2Ftrunk%2Fwppa-input.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18579
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mj5-4x3x-pjmq