Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-5361Envira Gallery <= 1.12.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'arrows' Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Envira Gallery Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the REST API in versions up to and including 1.12.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the update_gallery_data() function and improper output escaping in the gallery_init() function. The sanitize_config_values() function only sanitizes the justified_gallery_theme and justified_row_height parameters, but does not sanitize the arrows parameter. When the arrows value is output in the inline JavaScript configuration, it uses esc_attr() which is designed for HTML attribute contexts, not JavaScript contexts, allowing JavaScript expression injection. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More | 0 – through 1.12.4 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2b1e973-f22d-4e69-b3b8-d6ea5df3f047?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/envira-gallery-lite/trunk/includes/global/shortcode.php#L1067
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/envira-gallery-lite/tags/1.12.4/includes/global/shortcode.php#L1067
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/envira-gallery-lite/trunk/includes/global/rest.php#L163
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/envira-gallery-lite/tags/1.12.4/includes/global/rest.php#L163
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3514026/envira-gallery-lite/trunk/includes/global/shortcode.php?old=3465371&old_path=envira-gallery-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fglobal%2Fshortcode.php