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Live Composer CVE-2026-16787

| EUVDEUVD-2026-68975 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-01 Wordfence GHSA-vhjj-j285-vx8j
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI
5.4 MEDIUM

PR:L reflects required contributor access; UI:R corrects the provided UI:N because victims must actively visit the injected page to trigger payload execution, consistent with stored XSS semantics.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Sep 01, 2026 - 05:13 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 01, 2026 - 04:27 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.4

DescriptionCVE.org

The Live Composer - Free WordPress Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dslc_custom_field' Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

AnalysisAI

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the Live Composer WordPress page builder plugin (all versions through 2.1.19) allows authenticated contributors to inject persistent JavaScript payloads via the dslc_custom_field shortcode, executing in any visitor's browser session. Wordfence identified insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in shortcodes.php at multiple code paths (lines 84, 88, 89). …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The attacker must hold a contributor-level WordPress account (or higher: author, editor, administrator) on the target site - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The NVD/Wordfence CVSS score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) correctly captures the network-accessible, low-complexity attack path and the scope change to the victim's browser, but the UI:N metric is debatable for stored XSS - standard CVSS 3.1 guidance typically assigns UI:R to payloads that require a victim to visit the injected page, which applies here. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Update the Live Composer plugin to a version above 2.1.19 - a remediation changeset (revision 3662813) is available in the WordPress plugin SVN repository at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3662813%40live-composer-page-builder&new=3662813%40live-composer-page-builder, though the exact patched release version number is not independently confirmed from the provided data. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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