CVE-2025-8726 WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.0.11.006 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wppa_user_upload
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts into photo album descriptions, leading to script execution in victims' browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8726?
CVE-2025-8726 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in opajaap WP Photo Album Plus, published on 4 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.11.006 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the wppa_user_upload function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the photo album descriptions that execute in a victim's browser.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8726?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8726?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8726 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-8726 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8726 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7frm-hgr3-3vhq.