Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Author+ Draft and Private Post Disclosure via fetch_posts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not perform a proper capability check or restrict results to the requesting user's own posts before returning post data, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to disclose the titles, authors, dates and statuses of other users' draft and private posts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-2026-62334 Meow Gallery < 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via load_gallery_collection REST RoutePriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92423
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h7x-fhm3-5hmh
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-92423 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92423 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4h7x-fhm3-5hmh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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