---
id: CVE-2026-111971
title: Photo Engine < 6.5.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via Collection Name
summary: >-
  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 w…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-79
product: Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)
affected:
  - photo_engine_media_organizer_lightroom < 6.5.8
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T06:00:18.131Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111971'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1b9a655-6a1b-43d9-99ba-7734107465d6/'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T06:30:48.516Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `photo_engine_media_organizer_lightroom < 6.5.8`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.