CVE-2026-16260 PUBLISHED

Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate < 1.8.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Header Title Field

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 20.07.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject JavaScript that executes in the session of any administrator who opens the affected item.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.8.1 (excl.)

Credits

  • Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CWE