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.
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Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Serious Slider <= 1.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'theme' Shortcode Attribute | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-16T04:24:56.120Z
Reserved: 2026-07-14T13:31:09.062Z
Link: CVE-2026-15726
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-16T05:16:47.270
Modified: 2026-08-16T05:16:47.270
Link: CVE-2026-15726
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Updated: 2026-08-16T05:30:06Z
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