Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Splide Carousel Block for WordPress
CVE-2026-9022

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Splide Carousel Block
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-9022?

The Splide Carousel Block plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that stems from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of the 'url' block attribute. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into web pages. The malicious script will execute when a user visits the infected page, provided the contributor's post is approved and published by an editor or administrator, effectively putting site visitors at risk.

Affected Version(s)

Splide Carousel Block 0 <= 1.7.1

References

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

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

ZAST.AI
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