Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.2.07.001 on WordPress file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.2.07.001. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-18048. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.2.07.001 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Photo Album Plus WordPress plugin before 9.2.07.002 does not validate a client-controlled value used to build a file path in one of its public endpoint actions, and performs no authorisation check on it, allowing unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary ZIP archives on the server, including ones stored outside the web root.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-18048 since 07/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.2.07.002 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Photo Album Plus Plugin 9.2.07.002

Timelineinfo

07/28/2026 CVE reserved
08/12/2026 +15 days Advisory disclosed
08/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-18048 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-18048
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-388949

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2026 08:32
Changes: 08/12/2026 08:32 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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