CVE-2022-0169

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2022-0169)

Title source: metasploit

Description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not validate and escape the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0 parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the bwg_frontend_data AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars

by X3RX3SSec · infoleak

https://github.com/X3RX3SSec/CVE-2022-0169

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metasploit WORKING POC

by Krzysztof Zając, Valentin Lobstein, X3RX3S · rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/wp_photo_gallery_sqli.rb

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Nuclei Templates (1)

Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - SQL Injection

CRITICALVERIFIEDby ritikchaddha,princechaddha

Shodan: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/photo-gallery

FOFA: body=/wp-content/plugins/photo-gallery

References (2)

[Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2672822/photo-gallery#file9

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b4d870f-eab8-4544-91f8-9c5f0538709c

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.8216

EPSS Percentile 99.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-09-11

CWE

CWE-89

Status published

Products (1)

10web/photo_gallery < 1.6.0

Published Mar 14, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026