CVE-2026-16537Slick Slider < 0.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode
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The Slick Slider WordPress plugin before 0.5.3 does not sanitize and escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute when a user views the affected post.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Slick Slider unknown:slick_slider (from the name) | before 0.5.3 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8de9a050-45b5-4e51-9cd9-06f85999393a/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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