Description
The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not sanitise and escape collection and gallery names before storing them and outputting them in an administrative dashboard, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

ssvc

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

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not sanitise and escape collection and gallery names before storing them and outputting them in an administrative dashboard, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via Collection Name
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T11:06:28.988Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T18:09:17.868Z

Link: CVE-2026-111971

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T10:55:00.347Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-22T06:17:14.233

Modified: 2026-10-22T11:17:21.417

Link: CVE-2026-111971

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T07:45:01Z

Weaknesses