Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2026
CVE-2026-16758
CVE-2026-16758
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
1- Range: <=5.2.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/functions.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/shortcode.user.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-variables/tags/5.1.7/includes/shortcode.user.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6dd14860-2cf5-45ec-a1d6-69e43ecdb3benvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.