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GHSA-5VQC-RG5P-3CGM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-14 06:31 – Updated: 2026-08-14 06:31

Details

The Embed Google Photos album WordPress plugin through 2.2.1 does not escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the browser of any user, including administrators, who views the affected post.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-14290"
  ],
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    "severity": null
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5vqc-rg5p-3cgm",
  "modified": "2026-08-14T06:31:05Z",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:31:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14290"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e8fae1ed-59a0-4e64-b82d-26328f460cad"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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}

CVE-2026-14290 (GCVE-0-2026-14290)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-14 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-14 06:00

Title

Embed Google Photos Album Easily <= 2.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via link Shortcode Attribute

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e8fae1ed-59a0-4e…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Embed Google Photos album	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.1 (semver)

Credits

testoun WPScan

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              "version": "0",
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          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e8fae1ed-59a0-4e64-b82d-26328f460cad/"
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      },
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    "datePublished": "2026-08-14T06:00:11.109Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-07-01T08:41:18.381Z",
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5VQC-RG5P-3CGM

CVE-2026-14290 (GCVE-0-2026-14290)

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