Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Author role is low privilege (not anonymous, not admin); stored XSS crosses scope to victim browsers (S:C), with limited session-level C/I impact and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
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The CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library WordPress plugin before 2.0.7 does not properly validate a block attribute before using it as an HTML tag name in its gallery output, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browser of anyone who views the affected post.
AnalysisAI
Stored XSS in CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library WordPress plugin before version 2.0.7 allows any user holding an Author account or higher to inject persistent malicious scripts via an unsanitized block attribute that is directly interpolated as an HTML tag name in gallery rendering output. Any visitor who views a post containing the crafted gallery block will execute the attacker's payload in their browser without additional interaction. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires an active WordPress account at the Author role or higher - the attacker must be able to create or edit posts that contain CatFolders gallery blocks. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The vendor-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 6.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U) reflects the authenticated prerequisite and required victim interaction, but the scope assignment (S:U) appears conservative - stored XSS that executes arbitrary scripts in other users' browsers represents a cross-boundary impact more consistent with S:C. … 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 CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library to version 2.0.7 or later, which applies proper validation of block attributes before they are used as HTML tag names in gallery output. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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EUVD-2026-71871
GHSA-g7j9-436x-qfjx