Medium severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-111972
Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR
4.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to delete arbitrary media attachments, including those uploaded by other users and administrators.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 16% 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-2026-111972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111972
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3566b7d5-d90d-4212-af6f-3f2437407a65/
More from Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)
6.8
CVE-2026-111971
Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via Collection Name
4.9
CVE-2026-115259
Photo Engine < 6.6.0 - Author+ Arbitrary Content Modification via IDOR