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.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Snippet Shortcodes <= 5.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
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: 2026-08-17T16:05:34.118Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T13:51:10.545Z

Link: CVE-2026-16758

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T14:14:10.404Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-16T06:16:51.090

Modified: 2026-08-17T16:16:51.540

Link: CVE-2026-16758

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T10:59:06Z

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