CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-9620
The WP Latest Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via crafted image src attributes in post content in versions up to, and including, 5.0.11. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the field() and loop() functions, which extract the raw src attribute value from <img> tags within post_content using a regular expression and then reconstruct new <img> elements or CSS background-image declarations by directly concatenating the unescaped value — bypassing Wo
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"WP Latest Posts","vendor":"joomunited","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.0.11","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7bd9a17d6ce5f35c7caeea2600fbc735635e6679970d38cf8ed76a55f358f80 · sha256:13aa6c4f5ecafc0e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7bd9a17d6ce5f35c7caeea2600fbc735635e6679970d38cf8ed76a55f358f80 · sha256:13aa6c4f5ecafc0e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-latest-posts/tags/5.0.11/inc/wplp-front.inc.php#L2284"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-latest-posts/tags/5.0.11/inc/wplp-front.inc.php#L2326"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7bd9a17d6ce5f35c7caeea2600fbc735635e6679970d38cf8ed76a55f358f80 · sha256:13aa6c4f5ecafc0e… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-latest-posts/tags/5.0.11/inc/wplp-front.inc.php#L2738"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7bd9a17d6ce5f35c7caeea2600fbc735635e6679970d38cf8ed76a55f358f80 · sha256:13aa6c4f5ecafc0e… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e00f69d6-df33-4179-843b-98f8ed034e4a?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7bd9a17d6ce5f35c7caeea2600fbc735635e6679970d38cf8ed76a55f358f80 · sha256:13aa6c4f5ecafc0e… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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