CVE-2017-12977

Description

The Web-Dorado "Photo Gallery by WD - Responsive Photo Gallery" plugin before 1.3.51 for WordPress has a SQL injection vulnerability related to bwg_edit_tag() in photo-gallery.php and edit_tag() in admin/controllers/BWGControllerTags_bwg.php. It is exploitable by administrators via the tag_id parameter.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/#developers third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/jgj212/Advisories/blob/master/photo-gallery.1.3.50-SQL third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-12977?
CVE-2017-12977 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-12977?
To fix CVE-2017-12977, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-12977 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-12977 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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