CVE-2026-16293 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Podcast Episode settings, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04aa5ba8-2654-4e71-90af-83cfd92635f8/

History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Podcast Episode settings, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Title		Blubrry PowerPress < 11.16.11 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Podcast Episode Chapters URL
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04aa5ba8-2654-4e71-90af-83cfd92635f8/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-04T06:00:12.425Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T14:18:32.712Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T12:29:02.770Z

Link: CVE-2026-16293

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T14:18:14.883Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T09:15:03Z

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