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
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Ananda Dhakal
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
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)