CVE-2026-16942
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.