Medium severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-103875
Media Library Assistant <= 3.42 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'search-string' Parameter via {+request:...+} in Pagination Links
New
4.7
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search-string' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.42 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires the targeted site to have a publicly accessible page containing an [mla_gallery] shortcode configured with a pagination output mode and an mla_link_href template that reflects a {+request:...+} token, along with enough attachments to trigger pagination.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ML
Media Library Assistant · dglingren
through 3.42 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103875
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-103875
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3760471
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-data.php#L1548
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php#L2482
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php#L2585
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.43/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/357d9d96-afb1-4b62-90cf-8d38a4cede0e?source=cve
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