CVE-2023-49774
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in J.N. Breetvelt a.K.A. OpaJaap WP Photo Album Plus allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WP Photo Album Plus: from n/a through 8.5.02.005.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe WP Photo Album Plus plugin for WordPress has an information disclosure vulnerability where functionality is not properly constrained by Access Control Lists (ACLs). This allows unauthorized actors to access sensitive information they should not have permission to view. The flaw exists in versions through 8.5.02.005.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed WP Photo Album Plus versionNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins > WP Photo Album Plus, or inspect the plugin main file header in wp-content/plugins/wp-photo-album-plus/ or check the version in the plugin's readme.txtAffected if Installed version is 8.5.02.005 or any earlier version through the 8.x line
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Confirm plugin is activeVerify the plugin status in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins. The vulnerability requires the plugin to be active to be exploitable.Affected if Plugin status shows as Active
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Test unauthenticated access to album dataUsing a browser or curl, access common WP Photo Album Plus endpoints without authentication, such as album listings, photo metadata pages, or any AJAX endpoints used by the plugin (e.g., wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wppa+...). Compare responses to what authenticated users see.Affected if Sensitive album content, user information, or photo metadata is returned to unauthenticated users who should not have access
If the plugin version is 8.5.02.005 or earlier AND is active AND exposes sensitive information to unauthenticated users, the environment is affected by CVE-2023-49774.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate WP Photo Album Plus to a version beyond 8.5.02.005. If immediate update is not feasible, restrict access to the affected plugin endpoints via web server configuration or implement temporary firewall rules to limit exposure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-49774 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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