CVE-2026-16942

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.4). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WP Custom HTML Page WordPress plugin through 0.6.2 does not sanitise HTML stored through one of its custom page handlers, nor restrict it to users allowed to post unfiltered HTML, allowing users with the Author role to store JavaScript that is served unescaped at a public URL and executes for any visitor, including administrators.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2026-08-05
Modified: 2026-08-26
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cda6b957-2013-4707-a5b5-5ddc04be2f6a/

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