# CVE-2017-12977: SQL injection in n/a

> Administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Photo Gallery by WD plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j2g-pvxc-h538

## What is CVE-2017-12977?

CVE-2017-12977 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12977?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1281/): Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0169/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24139/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.55 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16119/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14313/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12977 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12977 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12977/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12977/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12977
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12977
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12977

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