Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2026· Updated May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-8038
CVE-2026-8038
Description
The Faces of Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'default' shortcode attribute in the 'facesofusers' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3 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.
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Affected products
2<=0.0.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=0.0.3
- (no CPE)range: <=0.0.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 28, 2026