A vulnerability has been found in Piwigo 16.3.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Public Authentication Page. Such manipulation of the argument lang leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 16.4.0 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is 5277a7dee4b8f1a174f1d69e1e2a4e1c82a3fc9e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in Piwigo 16.3.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Public Authentication Page. Such manipulation of the argument lang leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 16.4.0 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is 5277a7dee4b8f1a174f1d69e1e2a4e1c82a3fc9e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Title Piwigo Public Authentication cross site scripting
First Time appeared Piwigo
Piwigo piwigo
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-94
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:piwigo:piwigo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Piwigo
Piwigo piwigo
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T16:36:20.799Z

Reserved: 2026-08-23T16:57:37.940Z

Link: CVE-2026-78187

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-24T05:16:55.507

Modified: 2026-08-24T17:18:18.887

Link: CVE-2026-78187

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T07:00:09Z

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