CVE-2022-1281
The Photo Gallery WordPress plugin through 1.6.3 does not properly escape the $_POST['filter_tag'] parameter, which is appended to an SQL query, making SQL Injection attacks possible.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 43.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Photo Gallery WordPress plugin through 1.6.3 does not properly escape the $_POST['filter_tag'] parameter, which is appended to an SQL query, making SQL Injection attacks possible.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 43.35% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- 10web/photo gallery
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 43.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706797/photo-gallery/trunk/frontend/models/BWGModelGalleryBox.php?old=2587758&old_path=photo-gallery%2Ftrunk%2Ffrontend%2Fmodels%2FBWGModelGalleryBox.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b4866f2-f511-41c6-8135-cf1e0263d8deExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706797/photo-gallery/trunk/frontend/models/BWGModelGalleryBox.php?old=2587758&old_path=photo-gallery%2Ftrunk%2Ffrontend%2Fmodels%2FBWGModelGalleryBox.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b4866f2-f511-41c6-8135-cf1e0263d8deExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.