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.
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-06-13T08:29:40.890Z
Reserved: 2026-01-21T16:18:13.278Z
Link: CVE-2026-1291
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-13T10:16:18.643
Modified: 2026-06-13T10:16:18.643
Link: CVE-2026-1291
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Updated: 2026-06-13T11:30:07Z
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