CVE-2026-111971 Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via Collection Name
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-111971 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-111971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom), published on 22 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unknown Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111971/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111971/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111971?
CVE-2026-111971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom), published on 22 Oct 2026.
Official description
The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not sanitise and escape collection and gallery names before storing them and outputting them in an administrative dashboard, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111971?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-111971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9g52-cg59-7f5p.