Description
The Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3 does not have authorisation and nonce checks on two of its request handlers, and does not escape a stored setting before outputting it, allowing unauthenticated users to store malicious JavaScript which will be executed in the context of an administrator viewing the Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3's admin area, as well as any visitor of a page embedding a slider.
Published: 2026-08-22
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-80
CWE-863

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-80
CWE-863

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3 does not have authorisation and nonce checks on two of its request handlers, and does not escape a stored setting before outputting it, allowing unauthenticated users to store malicious JavaScript which will be executed in the context of an administrator viewing the Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation WordPress plugin before 9.1.3's admin area, as well as any visitor of a page embedding a slider.
Title Slider Hero < 9.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Slider Type Change and Add-Slider Handlers
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:33:41.549Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T17:55:37.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-76789

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:24:38.344Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-22T06:16:16.643

Modified: 2026-08-23T16:16:38.043

Link: CVE-2026-76789

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T19:30:05Z

Weaknesses