Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP-Clippy Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-5505

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP-clippy
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-5505?

The WP-Clippy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input validation and output escaping on attributes supplied by users. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages. When a user accesses a compromised page, the injected scripts execute, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

WP-Clippy 0 <= 1.0.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-clippy/tags...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-clippy/trun...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

zakaria
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