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6.4
WowPress Plugin for WordPress: Malicious Code Injection via Shortcode
CVE-2026-5508
Summary
A security weakness in the WowPress plugin for WordPress allows attackers to inject malicious code into certain pages, which can harm users who visit those pages. This affects all versions of the plugin up to 1.0.0, and could be exploited by someone with contributor-level access or above. To protect your site, update the plugin to a fixed version or remove it if you're not using it.
Original title
The WowPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `wowpress` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to insufficient input s...
Original description
The WowPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `wowpress` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is 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: 8 Apr 2026 · Updated: 9 Apr 2026 · First seen: 8 Apr 2026