The WP Highlight Box WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Unknown | WP Highlight Box | unknown |
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The WP Highlight Box WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. | |
| Title | WP Highlight Box <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via highlight-box Shortcode | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-12T06:00:11.972Z
Reserved: 2026-09-08T11:53:19.348Z
Link: CVE-2026-86790
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.427
Modified: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.427
Link: CVE-2026-86790
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