Medium severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-111971
Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via Collection Name
6.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not sanitise and escape collection and gallery names before storing them and outputting them in an administrative dashboard, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) ·
before 6.5.8 · source: vendor
Affected product
PE
Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111971
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111971
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1b9a655-6a1b-43d9-99ba-7734107465d6/
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