CVE-2026-1291Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation
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The Meow Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the REST API endpoint /wp-json/meow-gallery/v1/save_shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.4 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to arbitrarily create or overwrite existing gallery shortcode records by supplying a user-controlled id value. The endpoint performs database update operations without verifying that the requesting user is authorized to modify the referenced gallery record or create their own.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
tigroumeow Meow Gallery tigroumeow:meow_gallery (from the name) | through 5.4.4 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3386ea07-9c61-4b54-a451-1178ca6325cb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-gallery/trunk/classes/rest.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/meow-gallery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469543/meow-gallery
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469543/meow-gallery/trunk/classes/rest.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fmeow-gallery/tags/5.4.4&new_path=%2Fmeow-gallery/tags/5.4.5
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