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CVE-2023-44393

Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability

9.3 Critical

Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the plugin_id value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted plugin_id value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.33%Up 1.3 points since Oct 10, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.3

Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability

Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the plugin_id value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted plugin_id value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-44393
CVSS 3.1
9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79, CWE-80
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48739 9.3

Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the plugin_id value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted plugin_id value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.

Record
EUVD-2023-48739
CVSS 3.1
9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 9.3

Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the plugin_id value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted plugin_id value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-44393
CVSS 3.1
9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79, CWE-80
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.3

Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability

Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application. Prior to version 14.0.0beta4, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is in the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious HTML and JS code into the HTML page, which could then be executed by admin users when they visit the URL with the payload. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure injection of the plugin_id value from the URL into the HTML page. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that contains a specially crafted plugin_id value. When a victim who is logged in as an administrator visits this URL, the malicious code will be injected into the HTML page and executed. This vulnerability can be exploited by any attacker who has access to a malicious URL. However, only users who are logged in as administrators are affected. This is because the vulnerability is only present on the /admin.php?page=plugins&tab=new&installstatus=ok&plugin_id=[here] page, which is only accessible to administrators. Version 14.0.0.beta4 contains a patch for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-44393
CVSS 3.1
9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79, CWE-80
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
NucleiPiwigo - Cross-Site Scripting

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Nuclei, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2023-44393 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Piwigo, published October 9, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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