CVE-2026-39511
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated SQL Injection in WP Photo Album Plus <= 9.1.08.001 versions.
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 · high confidenceAn unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability exists in the WP Photo Album Plus WordPress plugin affecting versions up to and including 9.1.08.001. Attackers can exploit this without any credentials to inject malicious SQL queries, potentially allowing data exfiltration, database manipulation, or complete site compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
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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Locate WP Photo Album Plus versionAccess your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find WP Photo Album Plus, and note the version number displayed. Alternatively, inspect the main plugin file (typically wp-content/plugins/wp-photo-album-plus/wp-photo-album-plus.php) and look for the 'Version:' header comment.Affected if Version is 9.1.08.001 or earlier
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Confirm plugin is activeVerify that WP Photo Album Plus shows as an active (enabled) plugin in your WordPress plugins list. The vulnerability is exploitable against the active plugin.Affected if Plugin status shows as Active
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Identify exposed input pointsReview your WordPress access logs (usually in /var/log/ or your hosting control panel) for requests targeting wp-photo-album-plus endpoints containing SQL operators (such as UNION, SELECT, INSERT, OR 1=1, --, /*). Common vulnerable parameters may include search fields, sort options, or ID parameters.Affected if Log analysis reveals SQL injection patterns in requests to plugin-related URLs
Your environment is affected if WP Photo Album Plus is active at version 9.1.08.001 or earlier, since the unauthenticated SQL injection can be exploited through unprotected input fields regardless of authentication status.
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 · scopedUpdate WP Photo Album Plus to the latest version immediately. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin until a fix is released, and consider additional firewall/WAF protections as a temporary measure.
Latest available version of WP Photo Album Plus (greater than 9.1.08.001)
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard
- Locate WP Photo Album Plus in the plugin list
- Check the current version number to confirm it is <= 9.1.08.001
- Click 'Update Now' if an update is available, or manually download the latest version from the WordPress plugin repository
- Verify the update was successful and the plugin is now running a version newer than 9.1.08.001
- Test that the photo album functionality continues to work correctly after the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing3.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-39511 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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