What is CVE-2026-89269?

CVE-2026-89269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Testimonials, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-89269?

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

XSS in Wp Testimonials

CVE-2026-89269

The WP Testimonials WordPress plugin through 1.4.13 does not properly escape testimonial content and reverses WordPress's HTML sanitization when rendering it, allowing users with the Author role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the session of any user viewing the testimonials, including administrators.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-13 · last modified 2026-10-13.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Wp Testimonials

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/feff4b89-6ae6-487a-9187-ecb70778c83c/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-89269?: CVE-2026-89269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Testimonials, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-89269?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.