The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not escape an attachment's alt text before outputting it into an attribute of the link it builds for linked galleries, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a JavaScript payload that executes in the browser of any visitor (including administrators) who views a post containing such a gallery.
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Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
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| Description | The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not escape an attachment's alt text before outputting it into an attribute of the link it builds for linked galleries, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a JavaScript payload that executes in the browser of any visitor (including administrators) who views a post containing such a gallery. | |
| Title | Meow Gallery < 5.5.2 - Author+ Stored XSS via Attachment Alt-Text | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-07T06:00:12.872Z
Reserved: 2026-07-10T09:46:45.183Z
Link: CVE-2026-15386
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Updated: 2026-08-07T07:30:09Z