WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.8.49 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via watermark_url Shortcode Attribute
Description
The plugin does not escape a shortcode attribute that sets a gallery watermark image before rendering it into an HTML image attribute, and decodes percent-encoded characters in the value, allowing users with Contributor-level access and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting that executes in the browser of any user, including an administrator, who views the published gallery.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-11-10 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-10 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-10 (about 1 day ago)