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6.4

WordPress Consensus Embed Plugin Allows Malicious Code Injection

CVE-2026-1823
Summary

If you use the Consensus Embed plugin on your WordPress site, an attacker with contributor-level access or higher could inject malicious code that runs when a user visits a page. This could lead to unauthorized actions or information theft. Update the plugin to a version 1.7 or higher to fix the issue.

Original title
The Consensus Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's consensus shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input saniti...
Original description
The Consensus Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's consensus shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
nvd CVSS3.1 6.4
Vulnerability type
CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Published: 7 Mar 2026 · Updated: 13 Mar 2026 · First seen: 7 Mar 2026