# Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery

> The most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.

Source: https://mcpforwp.com (MCP for WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-03 04:17 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `nextgen-gallery`
- Author: Syed Balkhi
- Version: 4.5.5
- Active installs: 300,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-29 (5 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.5.4, PHP 7.4
- Tags: gallery, image gallery, photo gallery, slideshow, wordpress gallery plugin
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 5 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports.

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 MEDIUM: Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.5.4). CVE-2026-116563, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18dc9c01-c849-40c3-87ec-5eebc9660aff?source=cve
- 2026-10-31 HIGH: Remote Code Execution (up to 4.4.1). CVE-2026-76010, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36dcde20-0af2-4b8b-8637-9a070dffa8a1?source=cve
- 2026-10-30 HIGH: Remote Code Execution (up to 4.4.1). CVE-2026-76012, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f8b09972-4d2d-4ab3-bc12-7aba32aefd49?source=cve
- 2026-09-30 HIGH: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download (up to 4.5.0). CVE-2026-94123, https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/nextgen-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-nextgen-gallery-plugin-4-5-0-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- 2026-08-06 HIGH: Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (up to 4.2.3). CVE-2026-28141, https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/nextgen-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-nextgen-gallery-plugin-4-2-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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