The Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dslc_module_testimonials_output Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.19 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. The injected payload survives save-time wp_kses_post filtering because KSES treats shortcode delimiters as opaque, and the unescaped fields — including main_heading_title, view_all_link, main_heading_link_title, and main_filter_title_all — are only rendered when do_shortcode() executes at page-view time.

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Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
livecomposer Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 2.1.19

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.php#L5024 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.php#L5251 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.php#L5257 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.php#L5291 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3662813%40live-composer-page-builder&new=3662813%40live-composer-page-builder cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/852b1766-8674-44a0-843c-381cd4155a2b?source=cve cve-icon
History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Description The Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dslc_module_testimonials_output Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.19 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. The injected payload survives save-time wp_kses_post filtering because KSES treats shortcode delimiters as opaque, and the unescaped fields — including main_heading_title, view_all_link, main_heading_link_title, and main_filter_title_all — are only rendered when do_shortcode() executes at page-view time.
Title Live Composer <= 2.1.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dslc_module_testimonials_output Shortcode
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T09:28:20.787Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T17:50:05.409Z

Link: CVE-2026-16786

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