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CVE-2026-116563

MEDIUM 5.4

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes <= 4.5.4 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment `title` Attribute via Shutter Lightbox innerHTML

CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor smub
Product photo gallery, sliders, proofing and themes – nextgen gallery
Published Oct 31, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

smub / Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery
0 ≤ 4.5.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18dc9c01-c849-40c3-87ec-5eebc9660aff?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter/shutter.js#L197 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter_reloaded/shutter.js#L247 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter/shutter.js#L67 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter_reloaded/shutter.js#L75 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter/nextgen_shutter.js#L120 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/tags/4.5.4/static/Lightbox/shutter_reloaded/nextgen_shutter_reloaded.js#L118 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3773860/nextgen-gallery/trunk/static/Lightbox/shutter/shutter.js

Credits

UKO