Stored cross-site scripting in Gallery Custom Links WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Gallery Custom Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable in all versions up to and including 2.3.3. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping let injected script content persist and render on pages (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Gallery Custom Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name (profile.php) + comment (wp-comments-post.php)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The exploit requires two coordinated inputs from the same authenticated attacker: an HTML comment payload stored in a comment body (preserved verbatim by WordPress comment kses) and a matching simple_html_dom noise key placed in the attacker's display_name (which survives esc_attr() intact), with substitution occurring after both filters have run during the plugin's default-on output-buffering pass over the full rendered page.
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 | Gallery Custom Links | up to 2.3.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Gallery Custom Links Vendortigroumeow Affected up to 2.3.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Gallery Custom Links.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107757
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-cq73-4rhf-ggqc
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f37a0db8-b13c-4d9f-bc6f-88576f9e3862?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-custom-links/tags/2.3.3/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php#L502
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-custom-links/tags/2.3.3/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php#L2112
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-custom-links/tags/2.3.3/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php#L2207
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-custom-links/tags/2.3.3/classes/core.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-custom-links/tags/2.3.3/classes/core.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3737485/gallery-custom-links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3737485/gallery-custom-links/trunk/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-107757 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107757 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cq73-4rhf-ggqc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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