CVE-2023-49812 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in J

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in J.N. Breetvelt a.K.A. OpaJaap WP Photo Album Plus.This issue affects WP Photo Album Plus: from n/a through 8.5.02.005.

01What is this vulnerability?

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in J.N. Breetvelt a.K.A. OpaJaap WP Photo Album Plus.This issue affects WP Photo Album Plus: from n/a through 8.5.02.005.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
J.N. Breetvelt a.k.a. OpaJaap	WP Photo Album Plus	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-19T20:55:34.805Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:29:00.263Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-photo-album-plus/wordpress-wp-p…