CVE-2026-74920CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-74920

High · published October 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before reflecting it inside an HTML attribute in the response of an unauthenticated AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which can be exploited against any visitor, including a logged-in administrator.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00146 · 3.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-10-15T11:18Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa80cef6-b2fd-47ef-bac9-53438aa27573/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 03:32Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 15 OCT 06:00Z
    Document Gallery <= 5.1.1 - Reflected XSS via data-shortcode Attribute
    cvelistv5
  • 15 OCT 06:00Z
    Document Gallery <= 5.1.1 - Reflected XSS via data-shortcode Attribute
    cvelistv5