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Faces of Users CVE-2026-8038

| EUVD-2026-31043 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-05-20 Wordfence GHSA-8q55-687m-f56c
6.4
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Analysis Generated
May 20, 2026 - 02:38 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

The Faces of Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'default' shortcode attribute in the 'facesofusers' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3 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 Faces of Users WordPress plugin (all versions through 0.0.3) allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or above to inject persistent malicious JavaScript via the 'default' attribute of the 'facesofusers' shortcode. Once injected, the payload executes silently in the browser of any user who visits the compromised page, enabling session theft, credential harvesting, or malicious redirects targeting higher-privileged users including administrators. …

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CVE-2026-8038 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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