Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST Route
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meow Gallery | before 5.5.5 | 5.5.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Meow Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 5.5.5 Fixed in 5.5.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Meow Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 5.5.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Meow Gallery 5.5.5
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-62335 Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Author+ Draft and Private Post Disclosure via fetch_postsPriority LOW 13
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92422
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwxr-fxpw-rxvm
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-92422 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92422 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwxr-fxpw-rxvm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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