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.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Document Gallery <= 5.1.1 - Reflected XSS via data-shortcode Attribute | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
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Updated: 2026-10-15T10:41:19.661Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:27:39.155Z
Link: CVE-2026-74920
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