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CVE-2026-12980 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

The Post Snippets WordPress plugin through 4.2.4 does not properly escape variable values substituted into snippets before outputting them, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the content is viewed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/288d419a-9e27-45ae-bde1-1aef52532354/ [email protected]AdvisoryExploitPartial Content

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Post Snippets
<= 4.2.4 (semver)

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:postsnippets:post_snippets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

2 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-12980
NVD Published Date:
Oct 11, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Oct 13, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-12980 Details - Not Deferred