What is CVE-2026-111971?

CVE-2026-111971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-111971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)

CVE-2026-111971

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-22 · last modified 2026-10-22.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1b9a655-6a1b-43d9-99ba-7734107465d6/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-111971?: CVE-2026-111971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-111971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.