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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-86790 EUVD-2026-76797GHSA-c378-rx7g-g777

WP Highlight Box <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via highlight-box Shortcode

Published Sep 12, 2026 · Updated Sep 12, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— WP Highlight Box ≤ 1.0 —

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