WP Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.0.11.006 on WordPress wppa_user_upload cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in WP Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.0.11.006 on WordPress. Impacted is the function wppa_user_upload. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-8726. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WP Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.0.11.006 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function wppa_user_upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.11.006 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the wppa_user_upload function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the photo album descriptions that execute in a victim's browser.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-8726. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-32423). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/03/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/06/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-8726 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8726
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326980
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2025 21:25
Updated: 10/06/2025 17:18
Changes: 10/03/2025 21:25 (51), 10/04/2025 07:36 (12), 10/06/2025 17:18 (1)
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