CVE-2026-92422: CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Meow Gallery
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not properly sanitize a user-supplied value before concatenating it into a shortcode string that it passes to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly reachable endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes and disclose non-public gallery content.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 5.5.5 fails to properly sanitize user-supplied values before concatenating them into shortcode strings passed to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly accessible endpoint. This insufficient verification of data authenticity (CWE-345) enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes, which can lead to disclosure of non-public gallery content.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shortcodes within the WordPress environment, potentially exposing non-public gallery content that should remain confidential. This can lead to unauthorized information disclosure.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Meow Gallery version 5.5.5. Users should upgrade to version 5.5.5 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-92422: CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Meow Gallery
Description
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not properly sanitize a user-supplied value before concatenating it into a shortcode string that it passes to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly reachable endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes and disclose non-public gallery content.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Meow Gallery
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 5.5.5 fails to properly sanitize user-supplied values before concatenating them into shortcode strings passed to the WordPress shortcode parser on a publicly accessible endpoint. This insufficient verification of data authenticity (CWE-345) enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes, which can lead to disclosure of non-public gallery content.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shortcodes within the WordPress environment, potentially exposing non-public gallery content that should remain confidential. This can lead to unauthorized information disclosure.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Meow Gallery version 5.5.5. Users should upgrade to version 5.5.5 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-16T09:59:23.399Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaf7dea55bf5e2cf5adcfa3
Added to database: 09/20/2026, 06:32:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/20/2026, 06:46:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/20/2026, 22:12:34 UTC
Views: 13
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