CVE-2026-16260CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-16260

Medium · published August 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject JavaScript that executes in the session of any administrator who opens the affected item.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00431 · 36.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-08-22T10:16Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/87c95831-d1b4-42b2-8fc7-6cba60fca400/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 AUG 06:00Z
    Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate < 1.8.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Header Title Field
    cvelistv5