CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16537

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Slick Slider WordPress plugin before version 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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with Contributor role can inject malicious script that executes in the browsers of users visiting the page, potentially leading to session theft, account takeover, or malware distribution.

Recommendation

Update the Slick Slider plugin to version 0.5.3 or later, which includes a security fix for this attack.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS