CVE-2026-35048CWE-20

Piwigo RCE via PHP Code Injection into Config File in Installer

Critical · published July 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Piwigo installer in versions 16.3.0 and earlier accepts POST parameters for database configuration and writes them directly into a PHP configuration file without proper sanitization. On PHP 8+, the `addslashes()` protection is bypassed because it checks for `get_magic_quotes_gpc()`, a function removed in PHP 8.0. This allows raw user input to be interpolated directly into PHP source code. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary PHP code through POST parameters (prefix, dbpasswd, dbhost, dbname, or dbuser), which gets written to `local/config/database.inc.php` and executed on every page load.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00579 · 46.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-07-20T16:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 16:27Z
    Piwigo RCE via PHP Code Injection into Config File in Installer
    cvelistv5