CVE-2026-0687

Meta-box GalleryMeta <= 3.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Gallery Management

mediumMissing Authorization

4.3

CVSS Score

4.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.1

Patched in

11d

Time to patch

Description

The Meta-box GalleryMeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mb_gallery' custom post type in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to create and publish galleries.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.0.1

PublishedJanuary 23, 2026

Last updatedFebruary 3, 2026

Affected pluginmeta-box-gallerymeta

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/872c61aa-c95c-4b86-8e39-8112bb117a0b?source=api-prod

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