CVE-2026-121976
Modula Image Gallery <= 3.0.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'items' Parameter
Published 7 Nov 2026 • Updated 7 Nov 2026
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score
Description
The Modula plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'items' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.0.17 This is due to insufficient input sanitization of the per-image 'link' field in the save_merged_items() REST handler and Images\Adapter::normalize_item_row(), which preserves unknown keys verbatim, combined with output escaping in Modula_Helper::generate_attributes() that applies only esc_attr() to the resulting anchor href and does not strip the 'javascript:' URL scheme. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page and clicks the gallery tile.
Affected products (1)
- wpchill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
Problem types
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References (8)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91d3cbc2-00ca-4384-a52d-84fe2f0328b3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.17/includes/v2/images/class-adapter.php#L655
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.17/includes/v2/rest/class-gallery-upload-controller.php#L914
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.17/includes/v2/class-meta-sync.php#L422
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.17/includes/public/shortcode/class-modula-item-data-processor.php#L629
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.17/includes/core/helpers/class-modula-helper.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3787971%40modula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftags%2F3.0.18&old=3781958%40modula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftags%2F3.0.17
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