CVE-2026-0867
Description
The Essential Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's ew-author, ew-archive, ew-category, ew-page, and ew-menu shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially fixed in version 3.0.
Affected WordPress components
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Essential Widgets Plugin · essential-widgetsUp to and including 3.0View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- catchthemes Essential Widgets — Up to and including 3.0
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440541/essential-widgets
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3447282/essential-widgets
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08d4ed49-1338-422f-b55f-a102f2d1d6c8?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record