What is CVE-2026-14864?

CVE-2026-14864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetengine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-14864?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Jetengine

CVE-2026-14864

The JetEngine WordPress plugin before 3.8.12 does not escape a post meta value before outputting it through one of its shortcodes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of higher-privileged users such as administrators.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Jetengine — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14864?: CVE-2026-14864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetengine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-14864?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.