CVE-2026-12923
CVE-2026-12923 — Video Gallery <= 4.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Function Call via 'path' Parameter
The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Function Call in versions up to and including 4.0.3. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'path' parameter in the emd_delete_file() AJAX handler in includes/common-functions.php. The user-supplied value is passed through sanitize_text_field(), has its trailing '_PLUGIN_DIR' substring stripped, and is then invoked as a PHP function name with no arguments via `$sess_name()`. The handler is gated only by a nonce — no current_user_can() check is present — and the nonce is emitted on any front-end page that renders a form shortcode containing file fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to invoke arbitrary zero-argument PHP functions (such as phpinfo, phpversion, get_defined_vars, error_get_last), resulting in sensitive information disclosure and potential…
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, Wordfence
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-98
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /common-functions.php.
References
5 on the record
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be4743d5-e4ca-4579-84e2-5eb3ef0e274d?source=cve
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/common-functions.php#L1070
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/common-functions.php#L1067
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/class-install-deactivate.php#L53
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3588198%40youtube-showcase&new=3588198%40youtube-showcase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
reference
Elsewhere on this site
- emarket designevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-98other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.