WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Document Gallery 4.0 - 5.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode Attributes
Description
The plugin does not sanitise or escape several gallery shortcode attributes before embedding them in a single-quoted HTML attribute in the rendered gallery markup, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary event handlers that execute when a higher privileged user views the content.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Philipp Doblhofer
Submitter
Philipp Doblhofer
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-13 (about 5 days ago)
Added
2026-10-06 (about 12 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-06 (about 12 days ago)
