CVE-2026-16260

Published Aug 22, 2026

Last updated a day ago

Overview

Description
The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject JavaScript that executes in the session of any administrator who opens the affected item.
Source
contact@wpscan.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
0.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-79

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.