WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Machete < 5.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The Machete plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 5.3

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Ananda Dhakal
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-23 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-07-29 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-14 (about 2 months ago)

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