CVE-2026-16786
Description
The Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dslc_module_testimonials_output Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.19 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. The injected payload survives save-time wp_kses_post filtering because KSES treats shortcode delimiters as opaque, and the unescaped fields — including main_heading_title, view_all_link, main_heading_link_title, and main_filter_title_all — are only rendered when do_shortcode() executes at page-view time.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=2.1.19
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/testimonials/module.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/852b1766-8674-44a0-843c-381cd4155a2bnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 31, 2026 to September 6, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 10, 2026