6.8Medium

CVE-2026-14290

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.

What this means for your business

  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 20% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
  2. 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS
6.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-79
Assigned by
contact@wpscan.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-14
Last modified
2026-08-26
Sources
NVD

References