CVE-2026-5158 PUBLISHED

PostX <= 5.0.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Comments Block

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 06.08.2026 Updated: 06.08.2026

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'inputPlaceHolder' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.13 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor wpxpo
Product Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.0.13 (incl.)

Credits

  • Muhammad Yudha - DJ finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE