CVE-2026-8494

June 17, 2026, 2:44 p.m.

6.4
Medium

Description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in the admin URI Editor interface in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.3.3 due to insufficient output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the admin Permalink Manager page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the Permalink Manager page.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wordpress
  • Permalink Manager Lite
  • <2.5.3.3

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wordpress permalink_manager_lite <2.5.3.3 / / / / / wordpress /

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.1/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.3/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.4/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/trunk/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/221c62a8-09c9-405a-bddf-06638437bd39?source=cve

Tags

CWE-79
[email protected]
2026-06-17
CVE-2026-8494

CVSS Score

6.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: June 17, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
Last Modified: June 17, 2026, 2:44 p.m.

Status : Deferred

When a CVE is given this status the NVD does not plan analyze or re-analyze this CVE due to resource or other concerns.

More info

Source

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