CVE-2026-123667VulnerabilityPublished 11 Nov 2026

The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.6.2 does not sanitise and escape keyword

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-123667· High

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 6.6.2 soon.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 07:20 UTC

Severity

High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Patch: Available – fixed in 6.6.2

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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What to do

Upgrade Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) (WordPress plugin) to 6.6.2.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)	Affected <6.6.2	Fixed in 6.6.2

AI-suggested

Upgrade the Photo Engine WordPress plugin to version 6.6.2 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed by properly sanitizing and escaping keyword names. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.

Description

The Photo Engine WordPress plugin versions before 6.6.2 do not properly sanitize and escape keyword names before storing and displaying them on a debugging page. This flaw allows users with the Author role and above to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against administrators who view the debugging page.

Impact

Users with Author role or higher can exploit this vulnerability to execute stored cross-site scripting attacks against administrators who have enabled and access the debugging page. This could lead to session hijacking, privilege escalation, or other malicious actions performed in the administrator's context.

Summary

The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin prior to version 6.6.2 contains a vulnerability where keyword names are not sanitized or escaped before storage and output on its debugging page. This enables users with Author-level permissions or higher to inject malicious scripts that persist and execute in the context of administrators accessing the debugging page, constituting a stored XSS vulnerability.

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