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CVE-2026-28141: WordPress NextGEN Gallery plugin <= 4.2.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Deferred
Published 06-08-2026Last modified 06-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-28141 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in syed balkhi nextgen gallery. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.2.4.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in NextGEN Gallery <= 4.2.3 versions.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.15 pp

From 0.32% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Syed balkhi1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • nextgen-gallery≤ 4.2.3 (fixed in 4.2.4)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links