CVE-2026-16537

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Aug 26, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 6, 2026
Last modified: Aug 26, 2026
NVD status: Deferred

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