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.
History

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Tigroumeow
Tigroumeow meow Gallery
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Tigroumeow meow Gallery
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-13T08:29:40.890Z

Reserved: 2026-01-21T16:18:13.278Z

Link: CVE-2026-1291

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-13T10:16:18.643

Modified: 2026-06-13T10:16:18.643

Link: CVE-2026-1291

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Updated: 2026-06-13T12:28:49Z