CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-76789

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

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 plugin's admin area, as well as any visitor of a page embedding a slider.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute malicious script in the context of an administrator, potentially leading to administrator account takeover and site compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the plugin to version 9.1.3 or later, which contains the fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS