CVE-2026-8866
Description
The jQuery googleslides plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'googleslides' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (userid, albumid, authkey, imgmax, maxresults, random, caption, albumlink, time, and fadespeed) in the googleslides_handler() function, which interpolates the attribute values directly into single-quoted HTML attributes without using esc_attr(). 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.
Affected WordPress components
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jquery-googleslides Plugin · jquery-googleslidesUp to and including 1.3View 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
- bradyholt jQuery googleslides — Up to and including 1.3
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-googleslides/tags/1.3/init.php#L39
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-googleslides/tags/1.3/init.php#L52
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f8e363d-60ec-4e86-856c-c4ffc11fe690?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record