CVE-2026-18579: WP Photo Album Plus · Cross-site Scripting
Affects WP Photo Album PlusSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| opajaapWP Photo Album Plus | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates. Until a fix is available, consider disabling or restricting access to the vulnerable plugin or the affected AJAX endpoint to reduce exposure.
Description
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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/251943ed-65d2-4635-9c84-2cf671233543?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/js/wppa-admin-scripts.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-input.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-utils.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.08.003/wppa-ajax.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/js/wppa-admin-scripts.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-input.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-utils.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.2.07.002/wppa-ajax.php (opens in a new tab)
- 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= (opens in a new tab)
- 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= (opens in a new tab)