CVE-2026-16778
The Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dslc_module_downloads_output' Shortcode Content in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.21 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.
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The save-time wp_kses_post check is bypassed because the payload is stored as a serialized string containing no HTML tags for kses to tokenize, and the shortcode callback re-emits attacker-controlled values — including view_all_link (href attribute), main_heading_title (h2 body), button_text (anchor body), and button_inline_svg (anchor body) — without any escaping at render time.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 12
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 % - Impacto principal
T1059.007JavaScriptexecution55 %
Inferido por reglas deterministas a partir del vector CVSS y la CWE. Solo orientativo.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L4978
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L5219
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L5225
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L5502
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L5508
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/live-composer-page-builder/tags/2.1.18/modules/downloads/module.php#L5685
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3705127%40live-composer-page-builder&new=3705127%40live-composer-page-builder
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1d072660-515c-4fd9-903b-815447786e03?source=cve
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