MEDIUM

CVE-2026-86790

2026-09-12 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

6.8

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.

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

EPSS Score

0.24%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

14.8th percentile

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b48571ae-368e-4193-977a-f22fb09db4d4/

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