Wp Photo Album PlusWordPress extension · Wppa
CVE-2024-37416
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in J.N. Breetvelt a.K.A. OpaJaap WP Photo Album Plus allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Photo Album Plus: from n/a through 8.8.00.002.
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 confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in WP Photo Album Plus plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized user input that gets rendered in web pages without proper output encoding.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wp Photo Album PlusWordPress extension
< 8.8.00.003CVSS 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
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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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Check installed plugin versionAccess WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate WP Photo Album Plus, and read the version number from the plugin description. Alternatively, open wp-content/plugins/wp-photo-album-plus/wppa.php and locate the 'Version:' field in the plugin header comment blockAffected if Version number is lower than 8.8.00.003
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, verify the plugin is activated, or query the wp_options database table for the active_plugins option and confirm wp-photo-album-plus/wppa.php is presentAffected if Plugin is active and version is below 8.8.00.003
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Identify vulnerable input handlingExamine the plugin source code for PHP files that handle GET/POST request parameters (such as $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST) and output them directly to HTML without using WordPress sanitization functions like esc_html(), esc_attr(), or esc_url()Affected if User-supplied input from request parameters is rendered in HTML output without proper encoding
Environment is affected if WP Photo Album Plus version is below 8.8.00.003 and the plugin is actively processing and displaying unsanitized user input in web pages
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.
dbcve · scoped8.8.00.003
Update WP Photo Album Plus to the latest version and implement proper input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied data before rendering in HTML.
WP Photo Album Plus 8.8.00.003
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate 'WP Photo Album Plus' in the plugin list
- Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually download version 8.8.00.003 from the WordPress plugin repository
- Verify the update completes successfully
- Confirm the running version is 8.8.00.003 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Wp Photo Album Plus
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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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-2024-37416 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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