Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Meow Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the REST API endpoint /wp-json/meow-gallery/v1/save_shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.4 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to arbitrarily create or overwrite existing gallery shortcode records by supplying a user-controlled id value. The endpoint performs database update operations without verifying that the requesting user is authorized to modify the referenced gallery record or create their own.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tigroumeow | Meow Gallery | up to 5.4.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Meow Gallery Vendortigroumeow Affected up to 5.4.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1291
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwf8-xx3v-5qw7
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3386ea07-9c61-4b54-a451-1178ca6325cb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-gallery/trunk/classes/rest.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/meow-gallery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469543/meow-gallery
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469543/meow-gallery/trunk/classes/rest.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fmeow-gallery/tags/5.4.4&new_path=%2Fmeow-gallery/tags/5.4.5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-1291 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1291 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwf8-xx3v-5qw7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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