Description
The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to delete arbitrary media attachments, including those uploaded by other users and administrators.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) WordPress plugin before 6.5.8 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, allowing authenticated users with the author role and above to delete arbitrary media attachments, including those uploaded by other users and administrators.
Title Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T11:06:28.821Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T18:09:21.043Z

Link: CVE-2026-111972

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T10:54:50.963Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T06:17:14.333

Modified: 2026-10-22T15:16:14.027

Link: CVE-2026-111972

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T15:15:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key