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CVE-2026-16537mediumCWE-79

Slick Slider < 0.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode

33Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 5.4epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 97% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Unknown · Slick Slider
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