CVE-2026-16942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Vendors	Products

References

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

History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		WP Custom HTML Pages <= 0.6.2 - Author+ Stored XSS
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cda6b957-2013-4707-a5b5-5ddc04be2f6a/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-05T06:00:10.810Z

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:11:05.728Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T07:54:34.768Z

Link: CVE-2026-16942

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:10:58.421Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T17:30:07Z

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