Description
Piwigo is a full featured open source photo gallery application for the web. Prior to 16.4.0, admin/element_set_ranks.php stores administrator-controlled image_order[] values without enforcing the existing sort-field whitelist. The stored album image_order expression is later concatenated into ORDER BY clauses by admin/batch_manager_global.php, admin/batch_manager_unit.php, include/section_init.inc.php, and include/ws_functions/pwg.categories.php. When at least one album contains at least one photo, an authenticated administrator can store a crafted expression and trigger it in a later album or Batch Manager query to disclose, modify, or disrupt database data. This issue is fixed in version 16.4.0.
References5
- github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/ba1f803f8cefd3602ccb9c6f0155cd5…
- github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/ef9e65386d76f9c85f1e23a45dd7af1…
- github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/releases/tag/16.4.0
- github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-jhp4-7f82-8f6q
- github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-jhp4-7f82-8f6q
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.2
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 60 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-89
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