CVE-2026-116563

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 61/100
Published: 2026-10-31 Modified: 2026-10-31 First seen: 2026-10-31 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Auth No Interaction Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: Changed
C: Low
I: Low
A: None

Description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the site to have Shutter or Shutter Reloaded selected as the active lightbox, and the injected comment must be approved through WordPress's standard moderation workflow before the payload is rendered to other visitors.

Affected Software (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

61 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.4 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.35%
Raw Score 0.003520
Percentile 28.8%
Date 2026-10-31

Intelligence Sources

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