XSS in Shapedplugin Smart Post – Grid, Carousel, Slider Gutenberg Blocks For Blog & News

CVE-2026-119160

The Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the victim page to contain an Author Filter block alongside a grid or live-filter block, and execution is triggered by a visitor clicking the attacker's author entry in the dropdown — a standard filter interaction requiring no elevated privileges from the victim.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-119160?
CVE-2026-119160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shapedplugin Smart Post – Grid, Carousel, Slider Gutenberg Blocks For Blog & News, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2026-119160?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.