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CVE-2026-12982: unknown document gallery Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 27-07-2026Last modified 27-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-12982 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown document gallery. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.1.1.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Document Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before reflecting it back in the response of an unauthenticated AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which can be exploited against unauthenticated users.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 0.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • document-gallery≤ 5.1.0 (fixed in 5.1.1)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links