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.
CVE-2026-78187
Score 3.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.1
- EG Score
- 3.1(high)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity31% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 34%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 24, 2026
Last Modified
August 24, 2026
References (9)
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/Leousum/VulnPoC/blob/main/Piwigo%2016.3.0/reflected_XSS.md
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/5277a7dee4b8f1a174f1d69e1e2a4e1c82a3fc9e
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/releases/tag/16.4.0
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-rr39-mf4j-6594
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78187
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/submit/885228
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/394569
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/394569/cti
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78187(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(2)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-24 05:23 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.3
- 2026-08-24 04:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-24 04:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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