CVE-2025-14835

WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.1.05.008 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2026-01-06 16:37

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 9.1.05.009
Affected Plugin: WP Photo Album Plus
Affected Version: <= 9.1.05.008
CVSS: 7.1High
Weakness type: CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
CVE: CVE-2025-14835

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At a glance

CVE-2025-14835 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the WP Photo Album Plus WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 9.1.05.008. It carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 9.1.05.009; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by Muhammad Yudha - DJ.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘shortcode’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.05.008 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.

CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as <, >, and & that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.

Remediation

Update to version 9.1.05.009, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP Photo Album Plus: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Photo Album Plus 9.1.05.009 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14835 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0903521d-3b07-4539-97c9-15e6bbe2cc2e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14835

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP Photo Album Plus

CVSS Vector

7.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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