CVE-2026-96278
WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.3.03.002 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Session History
Description
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Session History in all versions up to, and including, 9.3.03.002 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 bypass works because esc_url_raw() strips literal angle brackets but retains HTML entities, which wppaEntityDecode() silently converts back to live HTML tags before jQuery('#wppa-modal-container').html() renders them.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 10, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 10, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update WP Photo Album Plus plugin to latest version.
- Sanitize all user inputs rigorously.
- Escape all output before rendering.
- Review session history handling logic.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Session History in all versions up to, and including, 9.3.03.002 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 bypass works because esc_url_raw() strips literal angle brackets but retains HTML entities, which wppaEntityDecode() silently converts back to live HTML tags before jQuery('#wppa-modal-container').html() renders them. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-79 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96278.json">CVE-2026-96278</a> Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.3.02.003/js/wppa-admin-scripts.js#L1249 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.3.02.003/wppa-input.php#L479 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.3.02.003/wppa-maintenance.php#L1851 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-photo-album-plus/tags/9.3.02.003/wppa-session.php#L141 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/095e93d0-ad0d-4613-887e-5e47a2ef2b96?source=cve