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.
Published: 2026-08-22
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate < 1.8.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Header Title Field
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:31:52.252Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T08:30:12.390Z

Link: CVE-2026-16260

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:24:58.989Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-22T06:16:14.833

Modified: 2026-08-26T16:30:52.723

Link: CVE-2026-16260

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T18:00:03Z

Weaknesses