CVE-2026-1268
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
05/02/2026
Last modified:
05/02/2026
Description
The Dynamic Widget Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the widget content field in the Gutenberg editor sidebar in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dynamic-widget-content/tags/1.3.6/helpers/blocks.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dynamic-widget-content/tags/1.3.6/helpers/blocks.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444655%40dynamic-widget-content&new=3444655%40dynamic-widget-content
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5324ca6d-37cb-41e4-8355-80ca113f855e?source=cve



