CVE-2026-8039
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk17th percentile — higher than 17% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Fancy Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the 'author' shortcode attribute in the 'testimonial' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Risk Assessment
Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above can inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a serious security risk to users.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures such as access monitoring and auditing.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Fancy Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' shortcode attribute in the 'testimonial' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 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.