Medium severity · published Aug 16, 2026
CVE-2026-15790
Video Gallery <= 4.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment 'post_title' via emd_mb_meta Shortcode
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VG
Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Playlist & Video Grid · emarket-design
through 4.0.4 · source: vendor
Affected product
VG
Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Playlist & Video Grid
emarket-design
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15790
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15790
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.4/assets/ext/emd-meta-box/inc/helpers.php#L274
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.4/assets/ext/emd-meta-box/inc/helpers.php#L72
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3be5e544-1ea5-46f6-a15b-99b0e3718c91?source=cve
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