Photo Gallery by 10Web Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery - SQLi (CVE-2022-0169)

CVE-2022-0169 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin prior to version 1.6.0, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0 parameter via AJAX requests. This flaw could enable remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to data theft, unauthorized access, or complete compromise of the affected WordPress site.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of September 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2022-0169 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2022-0169 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2022-0169 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Attackers exploit the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action=bwg_frontend_data parameter, injecting SQL payloads via the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0[] parameter to perform unauthenticated SQL injection attacks.