WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Reflected Cross Site Scripting in editimage_bwg image_url
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.41% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The image_url parameter of the AJAX call to the editimage_bwg action of admin-ajax.php is vulnerable to reflected Cross Site Scripting. The value of the image_url parameter is embedded within an existing JavaScript within the response allowing arbitrary JavaScript to be inserted and executed. The attacker must target a an authenticated user with permissions to access this component to exploit this issue.
- Published
- Mar 26, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 34th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.4
- CNA · AppCheck
- 5.4
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| 10web | photo gallery | cpe:2.3:a:10web:photo_gallery |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- 10web photo gallerybefore 1.8.22
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (AppCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
10Web PhotoGallery
- 1.0.1 and later · up to and including 1.8.21affected · semver
Same product
10web: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-0169Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection61This week
- CVE-2022-1281Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection52Plan
- CVE-2014-9312Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in Photo Gallery 1.2.5.49Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-0221Feb 5, 2024 · Photo Gallery by 10Web - Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery <= 1.8.19 - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Rename28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-29808Mar 26, 2024 · WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Reflected Cross Site Scripting in editimage_bwg image_id21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-29810Mar 26, 2024 · WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Reflected Cross Site Scripting in editimage_bwg thumb_url21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- AppCheck Ltd.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-298320 days apartWordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Unauthenticated Reflected Cross Site Scripting in GalleryBox current_url24Monitor
- CVE-2024-3258323 days apartWordPress Photo Gallery by 10Web plugin <= 1.8.21 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2021-46889293 days apartThe 10Web Photo Gallery plugin through 1.5.69 for WordPress allows XSS via theme_id for bwg_frontend_data.24Monitor
- CVE-2025-0613370 days apartPhoto Gallery < 1.8.34 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS24Monitor
- CVE-2021-31693483 days apartThe 10Web Photo Gallery plugin through 1.5.68 for WordPress allows XSS via album_gallery_id_0, bwg_album_search_0, and type_0 for bwg_fronte24Monitor
- CVE-2024-298080 days apartWordPress Photo Gallery Plugin <= 1.8.21 Reflected Cross Site Scripting in editimage_bwg image_id21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.