CVE-2026-16537

Summary

The Slick Slider WordPress plugin before 0.5.3 does not sanitize and escape a shortcode attribute value before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute when a user views the affected post.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
UnknownSlick Slider0 < 0.5.3affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References