CVE-2026-16537 — Slick Slider < 0.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode

CVE-2026-16537

Slick Slider < 0.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

The Slick Slider WordPress plugin before 0.5.3 does not sanitize and escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute when a user views the affected post.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Unknown / Slick Slider	affected 0 before 0.5.3

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8de9a050-45b5-4e51-9cd9-06f85999393a/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.