Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-16537
CVE-2026-16537
Description
The Slick Slider WordPress plugin before 0.5.3 does not sanitize and escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute when a user views the affected post.
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Affected products
1- Range: <0.5.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 14, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 27, 2026 to August 2, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 8, 2026