CVE-2026-119160 json
Smart Post <= 4.0.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User display_name via Author Filter block
published 2026-10-31 8 d ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2026-114674
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the victim page to contain an Author Filter block alongside a grid or live-filter block, and execution is triggered by a visitor clicking the attacker's author entry in the dropdown — a standard filter interaction requiring no elevated privileges from the victim.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 7 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- shapedplugin Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5612c16-9629-4869-8ec1-8fba788b7d7c?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/post-carousel/tags/4.0.8/blocks/includes/class-template-part.php#L1146
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/post-carousel/tags/4.0.8/blocks/assets/js/script.js#L1744
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/post-carousel/tags/4.0.8/blocks/includes/class-template-part.php#L1130
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3775298/post-carousel
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3775298/post-carousel/trunk/blocks/assets/js/script.js
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-119160
- NVD CVE-2026-119160
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