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CVE-2026-18579

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-11 · Last synced 2026-09-14

CyberRota Analysis

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The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' parameter, affecting all versions up to 9.2.08.003. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users access compromised pages, posing a significant risk to site integrity and user security. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize immediate updates to mitigate potential exploitation.

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A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2026-18579
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.29%
WordPress

Original NVD 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.