CVE-2026-16537 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

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 poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8de9a050-45b5-4e51-9cd9-06f85999393a/

History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Slick Slider < 0.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Gallery Shortcode
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8de9a050-45b5-4e51-9cd9-06f85999393a/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-06T06:00:11.937Z

Updated: 2026-08-06T12:39:16.122Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T09:36:14.725Z

Link: CVE-2026-16537

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T12:39:12.672Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T14:45:03Z

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