CVE-2026-12108
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
10/07/2026
Last modified:
10/07/2026
Description
The Highlighting Code Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.1.3/class/loos_hcb.php#L158
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.1.3/class/loos_hcb_menu.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.1.3/class/loos_hcb_scripts.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.2.0/class/loos_hcb.php#L158
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.2.0/class/loos_hcb_menu.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highlighting-code-block/tags/2.2.0/class/loos_hcb_scripts.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3592103%40highlighting-code-block&new=3592103%40highlighting-code-block
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/166e1d3a-3fd9-4ab0-ba0d-707c6d59e0cd?source=cve