🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-86790

MEDIUM 6.8

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

CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor unknown
Product wp highlight box
Published Sep 12, 2026
Last Updated Sep 12, 2026
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Affected Versions

Unknown / WP Highlight Box
0 ≤ 1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b48571ae-368e-4193-977a-f22fb09db4d4/

Credits

Pablo González and Francisco José Ramírez WPScan