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.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate < 1.8.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Header Title Field | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: 2026-08-22T06:00:15.962Z
Updated: 2026-08-23T15:31:52.252Z
Reserved: 2026-07-20T08:30:12.390Z
Link: CVE-2026-16260
Updated: 2026-08-23T15:24:58.989Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-08-22T06:16:14.833
Modified: 2026-08-26T16:30:52.723
Link: CVE-2026-16260
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