CVE-2026-16617Simple File List <= 6.3.11 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via File Description
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The Simple File List WordPress plugin through 6.3.11 does not properly sanitise and escape a file's description before outputting it on the public file list, allowing unauthenticated users (when front-end file management is enabled) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any visitor viewing the list.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Simple File List unknown:simple_file_list (from the name) | through 6.3.11 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc51a940-8e67-45d0-b47d-b16da288ebb3/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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