CVE-2026-8494

Published: Jun 17, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 2.7

Source: security@wordfence.com

Description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in the admin URI Editor interface in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.3.3 due to insufficient output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the admin Permalink Manager page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the Permalink Manager page.

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (5)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.1/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.3/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/tags/2.5.3.4/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-manager/trunk/includes/views/permalink-manager-uri-editor-post.php#L150

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/221c62a8-09c9-405a-bddf-06638437bd39?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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