Photo Album Plus Plugin up to 9.2.07.002 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Photo Album Plus Plugin. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-18962. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Photo Album Plus Plugin. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Photo Album Plus WordPress plugin before 9.2.09.002 does not check that the current user is allowed to upload into the album they target when it processes a front-end upload, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to upload files into albums owned by other users or by the administrator. Exploitation requires the WP Photo Album Plus WordPress plugin before 9.2.09.002's front-end user upload feature to be enabled, which is not the default.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-18962 since 08/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.2.09.002 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-57104). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Photo Album Plus Plugin 9.2.09.002

Timelineinfo

08/05/2026 CVE reserved
08/12/2026 +7 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-2026-18962 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-18962
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-388959
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2026 08:37
Updated: 08/12/2026 10:40
Changes: 08/12/2026 08:37 (54), 08/12/2026 10:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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