CVE-2026-14864 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The JetEngine WordPress plugin before 3.8.12 does not escape a post meta value before outputting it through one of its shortcodes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of higher-privileged users such as administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00133.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7222601e-4f2b-4dfb-88aa-692a556f3e86/

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The JetEngine WordPress plugin before 3.8.12 does not escape a post meta value before outputting it through one of its shortcodes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of higher-privileged users such as administrators.
Title		JetEngine < 3.8.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via jet_engine Shortcode
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7222601e-4f2b-4dfb-88aa-692a556f3e86/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-02T06:00:08.137Z

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:40:16.653Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T12:51:33.325Z

Link: CVE-2026-14864

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:40:12.569Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-02T06:16:35.370

Modified: 2026-08-03T18:16:34.827

Link: CVE-2026-14864

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T23:00:15Z

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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