What is CVE-2026-16069?

CVE-2026-16069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-16069?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Brizy

CVE-2026-16069

The Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not sanitize or escape featured-image focal-point coordinates submitted through one of its AJAX actions before storing them and later echoing them into HTML attributes in the post editor's Featured Image meta box, allowing users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the session of a higher-privileged user who opens the post for review.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unknown Brizy — 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-2026-16069?: CVE-2026-16069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-16069?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.