What is CVE-2026-16293?

CVE-2026-16293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerpress Podcasting Plugin By Blubrry, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-16293?

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

XSS in Powerpress Podcasting Plugin By Blubrry

CVE-2026-16293

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Podcast Episode settings, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th 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 Powerpress Podcasting Plugin By Blubrry — 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-2026-16293?: CVE-2026-16293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerpress Podcasting Plugin By Blubrry, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-16293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.