CVE-2026-86790 — WP Highlight Box <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via highlight-box Shortcode

CVE-2026-86790

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

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Unknown / WP Highlight Box	affected 0 through 1.0

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b48571ae-368e-4193-977a-f22fb09db4d4/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.