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Document Gallery EUVDEUVD-2026-102686

| CVE-2026-74923 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-10-16 WPScan GHSA-gpqc-hmwj-8jjg
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify WordPress site running Document Gallery ≤5.1.1
  2. Delivery
    Send unauthenticated gallery-generation request
  3. Exploit
    Bypass missing capability/ownership check
  4. Execution
    Enumerate media of private/unpublished/trashed content
  5. Impact
    Harvest titles, descriptions and direct file URLs

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The target must run the Document Gallery WordPress plugin version 5.1.1 or earlier, and the vulnerable behavior is the on-demand gallery generation path, which performs no capability or ownership check. No authentication, user interaction, or special configuration is required (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) - exploitation works against default installations. The only real limiting factor on impact is data-dependent: the attacker gains value only if the site actually has media attached to unpublished, private, or trashed content worth disclosing; sites with no sensitive draft/private attachments leak little of consequence.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-severity information-disclosure flaw, not a critical priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:L/I:N/A:N = 5.3 MEDIUM) is internally consistent with the description: a remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger on-demand gallery generation with low attack complexity and no user interaction, gaining limited confidentiality impact (metadata and file URLs) with no integrity or availability impact. Multi-source signals largely agree rather than conflict: EPSS is low at 0.14% (3rd percentile), the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV, yet a public exploit/write-up exists via WPScan - meaning exploitability is proven but mass exploitation is not currently measured. The low EPSS alongside confirmed POC availability is normal for a recently disclosed, low-impact WordPress plugin bug: the capability exists but has not driven observed widespread scanning. The confidentiality impact is correctly scoped as Low (C:L) because only titles, descriptions, and direct media URLs of non-public content leak - not full account or site compromise - so despite easy unauthenticated access, real-world risk is bounded by what data the leaked media actually contains.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to the Document Gallery on-demand gallery-generation endpoint on a target WordPress site, causing it to render media attached to unpublished, private, or trashed posts. A public exploit/write-up from WPScan exists, so the request format is known. The attacker harvests the titles, descriptions, and direct file URLs, then downloads sensitive draft or private documents directly.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Unauthenticated information disclosure in the Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 lets any remote visitor generate a gallery on demand and read back the titles, descriptions, and direct file URLs of media attached to unpublished, private, or trashed posts. Because the on-demand gallery path performs no capability or ownership check, the issue is reachable on default installations with no authentication, no user interaction, and no special configuration (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, score 5.3); publicly available exploit code exists, so scanning and opportunistic abuse are plausible, although no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been recorded and EPSS puts likelihood low at roughly 0.14% (3rd percentile). Impact is bounded: the leak is confidentiality-only and data-dependent - sites that keep no sensitive media attached to drafts, private, or trashed content expose little of consequence, which is why our independent assessment rates this as a genuine but moderate-severity flaw rather than a critical priority.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch is identified in the available intelligence - the references provided are the WPScan exploit/advisory entry and the NVD record only - so no fixed version number can be cited and administrators should verify the plugin's current release before assuming it is safe. The most reliable mitigation is to deactivate and, where practical, remove the Document Gallery plugin until an upstream fix is confirmed, accepting the loss of gallery functionality as the trade-off. If the plugin must remain active, reduce exposure by deleting the underlying sensitive data set: publish or delete stale drafts, empty the trash, and remove or relocate media attachments belonging to private or unpublished posts so there is little to enumerate - this costs workflow convenience but neutralizes the data-dependent portion of the risk. Front-end galleries that are intended to be public will continue to render, so this will not break ordinary rendering. Where a WAF or reverse proxy is available, block unauthenticated requests that reach the plugin's on-demand gallery endpoint and return attachment metadata (for example direct requests into the plugin directory or admin-ajax.php calls carrying the plugin's gallery action) and alert on rapid sequential enumeration of uploads URLs; the trade-off is that legitimate anonymous visitors may lose dynamically generated galleries, so the rule should be tuned or limited to suspicious request patterns. Additionally, monitor web and proxy logs for bulk access to attachment URLs from single source IPs, and treat any such pattern as confirmation that the site's draft/private media metadata has been harvested. Reverse the decision to keep the plugin only after confirming an upstream release that restores capability and ownership checks on the on-demand generation path.

Affected VersionsENISA

Document Gallery 0 ≤5.1.1

Affected Packages

euvd document_gallery no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Document Gallery is a WordPress plugin that builds document/media galleries at runtime rather than only at save time. The vulnerable behavior is that on-demand generation does not call the standard WordPress authorization primitives - no current_user_can() capability check and no post-ownership/post-status check - before resolving and returning attachment metadata. This is a classic CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (an access-control gap manifesting as information disclosure): the handler trusts the caller and simply returns attachment titles, descriptions, and direct file URLs, including items whose parent posts are unpublished (draft/pending), private, or in the trash, which WordPress normally hides from anonymous visitors. The CPE entry is recorded with an unknown vendor namespace (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:document_gallery), reflecting that the plugin is distributed outside the usual vendor CPE mapping; the ENISA EUVD record (EUVD-2026-102686) lists affected versions as Document Gallery 0 through 5.1.1. The referenced WPScan entry functions as the exploitability reference, and our independent vector confirms the unauthenticated, network-reachable, no-interaction profile (PR:N/UI:N). Note that the underlying weakness is enumeration of metadata and direct file URLs; the associated files themselves are served from the WordPress uploads directory, so disclosure of the URL is the effective disclosure of the object unless the uploads path is otherwise protected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated access with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); limited metadata/URL disclosure only, so C:L with I:N/A:N and no scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 16, 2026 - 15:23 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Oct 16, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3
CVE Published
Oct 16, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Document Gallery WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 does not perform any capability or ownership check when generating a gallery on demand, allowing unauthenticated users to enumerate and disclose the titles, descriptions and direct file URLs of media attached to unpublished, private or trashed content.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress document-display plugin, modest install base
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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