The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not sanitise or escape several gallery shortcode attributes before embedding them in a single-quoted HTML attribute in the rendered gallery markup, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary event handlers that execute when a higher privileged user views the content.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions document Gallery
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions document Gallery

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

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Description The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not sanitise or escape several gallery shortcode attributes before embedding them in a single-quoted HTML attribute in the rendered gallery markup, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary event handlers that execute when a higher privileged user views the content.
Title Document Gallery 4.0 - 5.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode Attributes
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T09:31:21.665Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:27:41.298Z

Link: CVE-2026-74921

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T09:25:26.178Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-19T07:16:31.613

Modified: 2026-10-19T21:02:51.987

Link: CVE-2026-74921

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T16:30:13Z

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