Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Fancy Testimonials Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-8039

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Fancy Testimonials
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-8039?

The Fancy Testimonials plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the 'author' shortcode attribute within the 'testimonial' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in all versions up to 1.0. As a result, authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the compromised page, posing a significant security risk.

Affected Version(s)

Fancy Testimonials 0 <= 1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fancy-testimon...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fancy-testimon...

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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