CVE-2026-86790 PUBLISHED

WP Highlight Box <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via highlight-box Shortcode

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 08.09.2026 Published: 12.09.2026 Updated: 12.09.2026

The WP Highlight Box WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product WP Highlight Box
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 0 to 1.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Pablo González and Francisco José Ramírez finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

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