Medium 6.4Published Aug 16, 2026

CVE-2026-16758Snippet Shortcodes <= 5.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:40 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The Snippet Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

aliakro Snippet Shortcodes aliakro:snippet_shortcodes (from the name)	through 5.2.0	CNA record

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6dd14860-2cf5-45ec-a1d6-69e43ecdb3be?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/functions.php#L81
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/shortcode.user.php#L74
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/shortcode.user.php#L14
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3647346%40shortcode-variables&new=3647346%40shortcode-variables

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