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CVE-2026-86790

MEDIUM 6.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 12, 2026
Last modified
September 14, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The WP Highlight Box WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown WP Highlight Box — Up to and including 1.0

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b48571ae-368e-4193-977a-f22fb09db4d4/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record