WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Meow Gallery < 5.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation
Description
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.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
IDOR
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Chawabhon Netisingha (JNX03)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-06-12 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-06-12 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-06-13 (about 2 months ago)