vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: photo-gallery: CVE-2017-12977: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 20, 2017 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 20, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Web-Dorado "Photo Gallery by WD - Responsive Photo Gallery" plugin before 1.3.51 for WordPress has a SQL injection vulnerability related to bwg_edit_tag() in photo-gallery.php and edit_tag() in admin/controllers/BWGControllerTags_bwg.php. It is exploitable by administrators via the tag_id parameter.
Solution
photo-gallery-plugin-cve-2017-12977
References
Rapid7 Labs
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