MEDIUM 6.4 NVD
CVE-2026-15726
The Serious Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'theme' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0
The Serious Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'theme' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 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.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3640247%40cryout-serious-slider
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4 was published on 2026-08-16 via NVD.
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