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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above (upload_files capability required to create the attachment, edit_posts/publish_posts to embed the shortcode), to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00321,"percentile":0.25379,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-08-16T05:27:27Z","modified":"2026-08-20T12:48:10Z","products":[{"vendor":"emarket-design","product":"video gallery – youtube gallery, playlist \u0026 video grid"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3be5e544-1ea5-46f6-a15b-99b0e3718c91?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.4/assets/ext/emd-meta-box/inc/helpers.php#L72"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.4/assets/ext/emd-meta-box/inc/helpers.php#L274"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15790"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwqg-cv4p-5r7g"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-15790","title":"Video Gallery \u003c= 4.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment 'post_title' via emd_mb_meta Shortcode","description":"The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 via the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on attachment titles referenced by the shortcode's image field: EMD_MB_Helper::image_info() returns the attachment's raw post_title, and EMD_MB_Helper::shortcode() interpolates it into title=\"%s\" HTML attributes via sprintf() without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above (upload_files capability required to create the attachment, edit_posts/publish_posts to embed the shortcode), to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-16T05:27:27.63Z","modified":"2026-08-17T15:37:20.806Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:48:02.226896Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-59894","description":"The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 via the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above (upload_files capability required to create the attachment, edit_posts/publish_posts to embed the shortcode), to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-16T05:27:27Z","modified":"2026-08-17T15:37:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:49.335011Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mwqg-cv4p-5r7g","title":"The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in...","description":"The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 via the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above (upload_files capability required to create the attachment, edit_posts/publish_posts to embed the shortcode), to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-16T06:30:25Z","modified":"2026-08-16T06:30:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:10:31.619287Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-15790","description":"The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 via the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode. 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