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6 vulnerabilities found for Meow Gallery by Unknown
CVE-2026-92423 (GCVE-0-2026-92423)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-20 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Author+ Draft and Private Post Disclosure via fetch_posts
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not perform a proper capability check or restrict results to the requesting user's own posts before returning post data, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to disclose the titles, authors, dates and statuses of other users' draft and private posts.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-20 13:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03bd9795-8036-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.5
(semver)
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CVE-2026-92422 (GCVE-0-2026-92422)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-20 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST Route
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not properly sanitize a user-supplied value before concatenating it into a shortcode string that it passes to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly reachable endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes and disclose non-public gallery content.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-20 13:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17a94434-3ccc-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.5
(semver)
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CVE-2026-15386 (GCVE-0-2026-15386)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-08-07 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-07 18:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.2 - Author+ Stored XSS via Attachment Alt-Text
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not escape an attachment's alt text before outputting it into an attribute of the link it builds for linked galleries, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a JavaScript payload that executes in the browser of any visitor (including administrators) who views a post containing such a gallery.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-07 18:06 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f76518ec-3abb-4b… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.2
(semver)
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CVE-2026-92423 (GCVE-0-2026-92423)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-20 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Author+ Draft and Private Post Disclosure via fetch_posts
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not perform a proper capability check or restrict results to the requesting user's own posts before returning post data, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to disclose the titles, authors, dates and statuses of other users' draft and private posts.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-20 13:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03bd9795-8036-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.5
(semver)
|
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CVE-2026-92422 (GCVE-0-2026-92422)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-20 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST Route
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not properly sanitize a user-supplied value before concatenating it into a shortcode string that it passes to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly reachable endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes and disclose non-public gallery content.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-20 13:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17a94434-3ccc-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.5
(semver)
|
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CVE-2026-15386 (GCVE-0-2026-15386)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-07 18:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Meow Gallery < 5.5.2 - Author+ Stored XSS via Attachment Alt-Text
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not escape an attachment's alt text before outputting it into an attribute of the link it builds for linked galleries, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a JavaScript payload that executes in the browser of any visitor (including administrators) who views a post containing such a gallery.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-07 18:06 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f76518ec-3abb-4b… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery |
Affected:
0 , < 5.5.2
(semver)
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