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CVE-2026-5508 CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-5508

Published: 2026-04-08 07:16:23
Last Modified: 2026-04-24 18:15:29

Description

The WowPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `wowpress` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
6.4
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WowPress Plugin <= 1.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
<!-- PoC for CVE-2026-5508: WowPress Stored XSS --> <!-- Insert the following shortcode into a post or page content --> [wowpress src='x" onerror="alert(1)" src="x']

References

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