CVE detail
CVE-2026-15726
The Serious Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'theme' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 6
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 6
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
6 source links · newest first
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8f45054-e6a4-403b-94eb-2dd2a4840c22?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
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Patchwww.wordfence.comAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3640247%40cryout-serious-slider&new=3640247%40cryout-serious-sliderplugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes.php#L55plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes.php#L244plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes.php#L111plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryout-serious-slider/tags/1.4.0/inc/shortcodes.php#L102plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgAug 16, 2026, 5:16 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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