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.
Published: 2026-08-07
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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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cve-icon 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

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