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CVE-2026-16066 (GCVE-0-2026-16066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-12 16:09

Title

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.11.34 - Author+ Stored XSS via Product Name

Summary

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.11.34 does not sanitise or escape a product field before outputting it on the product pages, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browser of any visitor viewing the product page.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 16:09 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ed3b39a6-493c-49…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Welcart e-Commerce	Affected: 0 , < 2.11.34 (semver)

Credits

Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara WPScan

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GHSA-XGC5-XXMG-C9X4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-12 18:31

Details

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2026-08-12T18:31:14Z",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:30:50Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16066"
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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-16066 (GCVE-0-2026-16066)

GHSA-XGC5-XXMG-C9X4

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