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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Author is a low-privilege authenticated role (PR:L, not PR:H); a victim must view the gallery (UI:R); stored script executes in another user's context (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability effect.
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CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
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The Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.1 does not sanitise and escape a gallery item identifier before outputting it in an image tag attribute, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when any visitor, including an administrator, views a page embedding the gallery.
AnalysisAI
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.1 allows an authenticated user with Author role or higher to store a malicious gallery item identifier that is output unsanitized in an image tag attribute, causing script execution when any visitor, including an administrator, views a page embedding the gallery. Publicly available exploit code exists for this issue, but it is not listed in CISA KEV in the provided data; the vendor has released a patch in version 1.16.1. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires an authenticated account with the WordPress 'Author' role or higher on the target site (not anonymous access), plus the ability to create or edit a gallery so that the attacker-controlled gallery item identifier is stored. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a stored (persistent) cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the Envira Gallery WordPress plugin, rated CVSS 6.8 (Medium) in the input. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Update Envira Gallery to version 1.16.1 or later; this is the vendor-released patch and the version boundary in the affected-version data, and it addresses the stored XSS by sanitizing and escaping the gallery item identifier. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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EUVD-2026-94179
GHSA-8g3x-h6fx-23x5