CVE-2026-18395

Child Pages Card < 1.09 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode Attributes

Published Aug 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Child Pages Card WordPress plugin before 1.09 does not sanitise and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page, allowing users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions child Pages Card
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions child Pages Card
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Description The Child Pages Card WordPress plugin before 1.09 does not sanitise and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page, allowing users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title Child Pages Card < 1.09 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode Attributes
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2026, 12:39 PM
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026, 2:48 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 6, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM