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FKIE_CVE-2026-88993

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-18 06:16 - Updated: 2026-09-18 06:16

Severity

Summary

The All Bootstrap Blocks WordPress plugin through 1.3.31 does not properly escape a block attribute before outputting it in HTML tag-name position, allowing users with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the affected content is viewed.

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc1f2f62-62cd-4a70-b541-2278eb0edefe/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-88993 (GCVE-0-2026-88993)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-18 11:08

Title

All Bootstrap Blocks <= 1.3.31 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via areoi/button type Attribute

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-18 11:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc1f2f62-62cd-4a…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	All Bootstrap Blocks	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.31 (semver)

Credits

Revanth Hari Narayana Matte WPScan

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