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CVE-2026-13253

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-07-09 · Last synced 2026-08-08

CyberRota Analysis

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The Ultimate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the handling of the 'moreResultsText' block attribute. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject malicious scripts, which can execute when users view affected pages. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize patching to mitigate potential exploitation risks.

CVE
CVE-2026-13253
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
0.20%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

The Ultimate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'moreResultsText' block attribute of the ultimate-post/advanced-search block in versions up to and including 5.0.31. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Advanced_Search::content() render callback: the attribute value is filtered with wp_kses(), which strips disallowed HTML tags but does NOT escape HTML special characters such as double quotes in plain text, and the result is then concatenated directly into the data-viewmoretext HTML attribute without esc_attr(). 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.