CVE-2026-14922 WP Photo Album Plus < 9.2.04.003 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Photo Comment
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via photo comments due to a double-encoding flaw, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14922?
CVE-2026-14922 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Photo Album Plus, published on 31 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
WP Photo Album Plus is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.03.001 through a decode-after-sanitize (double-encoding) flaw in the photo-comment pipeline. On write, `wppa_do_comment()` sanitizes the comment with `wppa_filter_html()` (wp_kses) followed by `wp_strip_all_tags()` (`wppa-functions.php:2623-2624`). Because `wp_strip_all_tags()` only removes *real* tags, an attacker who submits a **double HTML-entity-encoded** payload (e.g. `&lt;img src=... onload=...&gt;`) passes the write filters as harmless entity text and is stored one decode-level down (`<img ... onload=...>`).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14922?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14922?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14922 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-2026-14922 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14922 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xmq9-mfwm-hg4m.