Envira Gallery lets Multisite subsite admins install any plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 does not check that a user holds the WordPress capability required to install plugins before it processes its setup-wizard installation request (CWE-269). This lets a Multisite subsite Administrator install any plugin published on WordPress.org into the network-shared plugins directory, a privilege reserved for the network Super Admin. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 does not verify that a user holds the capability WordPress reserves for installing Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 code before processing its setup-wizard Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2-installation request, and does not restrict the installation to its own curated list, allowing a Multisite subsite Administrator to install an arbitrary WordPress.org-published Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 into the network-shared Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 directory, a privilege Multisite reserves for the network Super Admin.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | Envira Gallery | before 1.16.2 | 1.16.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Envira Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 1.16.2 Fixed in 1.16.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Envira Gallery to version 1.16.2 or later, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Envira Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 1.16.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Envira Gallery 1.16.2
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-70513 Authorization bypass in Envira Gallery exposes non-public galleriesPriority LOW 19
- TI-2026-70512 Envira Gallery lets contributors publish galleries without permissionPriority LOW 13
- TI-2026-70511 Envira Gallery lets authors read titles of other users' private postsPriority LOW 13
Timeline
- 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104680
- 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-fhr8-5rh4-3948
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-104680 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104680 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fhr8-5rh4-3948 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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