CVE-2026-8873
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/05/2026
Last modified:
27/05/2026
Description
The Content Slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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/content-slideshow/tags/2.4.1/slideshow-widget-shortcode.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-slideshow/tags/2.4.1/slideshow-widget-shortcode.php#L143
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9548f647-9fcb-481c-874e-0184609283fe?source=cve



