CVE-2026-92423 Meow Gallery CVE debrief

Who should care

WordPress administrators and security teams responsible for maintaining the Meow Gallery plugin should assess exposure and verify plugin version to prevent unauthorized access and potential security breaches. They should also review compensating controls for exposed systems and track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented.

Why it matters

The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin vulnerability allows authenticated users to disclose post data, requiring assessment and remediation by WordPress administrators and security teams.

• Authenticated users with Author-level access and above can disclose post data
• Verify plugin version and restrict Author-level access to prevent unauthorized access

Technical summary

The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.5.5 does not perform a proper capability check or restrict results to the requesting user's own posts before returning post data, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to disclose the titles, authors, dates and statuses of other users' draft and private posts. This vulnerability requires immediate attention from WordPress administrators and security teams to assess exposure and verify plugin version. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to disclose post data, which can lead to unauthorized access and potential security breaches.

Defensive priority

Assess exposure of WordPress installations with the Meow Gallery plugin, verify plugin version, and restrict Author-level access.

Recommended defensive actions

• Assess exposure of WordPress installations with the Meow Gallery plugin
• Verify plugin version and restrict Author-level access
• Implement proper capability checks and restrict post data access
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD entry provide details on the vulnerability in the Meow Gallery WordPress plugin. The vulnerability has been publicly disclosed and requires verification of plugin version and restriction of Author-level access to prevent unauthorized access. The Meow Gallery plugin vulnerability allows authenticated users to disclose post data, requiring assessment and remediation by WordPress administrators and security teams.

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Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.