Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18049 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18049 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18049?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 12 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- WP Photo Album Plus before 9.2.07.002.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18049?
- A patch was published on 2026-08-12: Fixed in version 9.2.07.002 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-18049 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18049?
- Check whether you run WP Photo Album Plus at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an authorization bypass (CWE-200) in the plugin's REST API endpoint. The "gettogo" action does not validate user capabilities or nonce tokens, and it constructs option names from unsanitized client input without restricting lookups to the plugin's own namespace. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted REST API request to wp-json/wp-photo-album-plus/endPoint/?action=gettogo&togo=SUFFIX to retrieve any autoloaded WordPress option whose name ends in the supplied suffix. The vulnerable code also deletes companion options on match. Fixed in version 9.2.07.002 and later.
Affected products
- WP Photo Album Plus WP Photo Album Plus before 9.2.07.002
Timeline
- 2026-08-10: disclosed
- 2026-08-12: patched: Fixed in version 9.2.07.002