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.
Published: 2026-09-12
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title WP Highlight Box <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via highlight-box Shortcode
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-12T06:00:11.972Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T11:53:19.348Z

Link: CVE-2026-86790

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.427

Modified: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.427

Link: CVE-2026-86790

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