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Plugin · wp-highlight-box
WP Highlight Box
1 known vulnerability on record. Add your version above to see which ones affect you.
Sep 12, 2026WP Highlight Box: Does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embeddedCVE-2026-86790 · affects up to 1.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
The WP Highlight Box WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape some shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
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