Dynamic Widget Content <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Content Field
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Dynamic Widget Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the widget content field in the Gutenberg editor sidebar in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1268
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m64-74hh-f9h2
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5324ca6d-37cb-41e4-8355-80ca113f855e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dynamic-widget-content/tags/1.3.6/helpers/blocks.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dynamic-widget-content/tags/1.3.6/helpers/blocks.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444655%40dynamic-widget-content&new=3444655%40dynamic-widget-content&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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Sources
- CVE-2026-1268 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1268 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4m64-74hh-f9h2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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