10web Photo Gallery Plugin up to 1.8.41 on WordPress AJAX page sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in 10web Photo Gallery Plugin up to 1.8.41 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AJAX Handler. The manipulation of the argument page leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-9829. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in 10web Photo Gallery Plugin up to 1.8.41 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component AJAX Handler. The manipulation of the argument page with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'compact_album_order_by' Shortcode Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.41 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The malicious payload is stored via the 'shortcode_bwg' AJAX handler — accessible to Contributor-level users and exploitable without a valid nonce by omitting the 'page' parameter — and is subsequently triggered by the unauthenticated 'bwg_frontend_data' AJAX handler, meaning successful exploitation requires only that an attacker has Contributor-level access to save the shortcode.

The weakness was published by Jonah Burgess. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-9829 since 05/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.8.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-34962). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Photo Gallery Software

Vendor

• 10web

Name

• Photo Gallery Plugin

Version

• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.8.7
• 1.8.8
• 1.8.9
• 1.8.10
• 1.8.11
• 1.8.12
• 1.8.13
• 1.8.14
• 1.8.15
• 1.8.16
• 1.8.17
• 1.8.18
• 1.8.19
• 1.8.20
• 1.8.21
• 1.8.22
• 1.8.23
• 1.8.24
• 1.8.25
• 1.8.26
• 1.8.27
• 1.8.28
• 1.8.29
• 1.8.30
• 1.8.31
• 1.8.32
• 1.8.33
• 1.8.34
• 1.8.35
• 1.8.36
• 1.8.37
• 1.8.38
• 1.8.39
• 1.8.40
• 1.8.41

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