High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-76789
CVE-2026-76789
Description
The Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3 does not have authorisation and nonce checks on two of its request handlers, and does not escape a stored setting before outputting it, allowing unauthenticated users to store malicious JavaScript which will be executed in the context of an administrator viewing the Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3's admin area, as well as any visitor of a page embedding a slider.
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Affected products
1- Range: <9.1.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 3, 2026
- WordPress Plugins: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Including Critical Auth Bypass and Code Execution FlawsVypr Intelligence · Aug 23, 2026