CVE-2026-92422

Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST Route

Published Sep 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions meow Gallery
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions meow Gallery
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Weaknesses CWE-20
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Weaknesses CWE-345
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
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Description 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.
Title Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST Route
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 20, 2026, 1:51 PM
Reserved
Sep 16, 2026, 9:59 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 20, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Sep 21, 2026, 1:34 PM