Description
The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before reflecting it inside an HTML attribute in the response of an unauthenticated AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which can be exploited against any visitor, including a logged-in administrator.
Published: 2026-10-15
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before reflecting it inside an HTML attribute in the response of an unauthenticated AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which can be exploited against any visitor, including a logged-in administrator.
Title Document Gallery <= 5.1.1 - Reflected XSS via data-shortcode Attribute
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T11:01:27.195Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:27:39.155Z

Link: CVE-2026-74920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T10:36:07.792Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-15T07:18:02.610

Modified: 2026-10-15T14:47:05.720

Link: CVE-2026-74920

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T11:30:18Z

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