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 08:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000
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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-19T06:46:15.459Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:27:41.298Z
Link: CVE-2026-74921
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-19T07:16:31.613
Modified: 2026-10-19T07:16:31.613
Link: CVE-2026-74921
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-19T08:30:13Z
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