6.8mediumMedium
CVE-2026-16260
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.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
- Beyond that, someone has to be persuaded to take an action first.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Assigned by
- contact@wpscan.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Last modified
- 2026-08-26
- Sources
- NVD