CVE-2026-1291 (GCVE-0-2026-1291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-13 08:29 – Updated: 2026-06-15 19:25
VLAI
Title
Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tigroumeow Meow Gallery Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.4.4 (semver)
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Credits
Chawabhon Netisingha
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