CVE-2026-8872
Stored XSS in Animate Your Content WordPress Plugin
Publication date: 2026-05-27
Last updated on: 2026-05-27
Assigner: Wordfence
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| animate_your_content | plugin | to 1.0.0 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The Animate Your Content plugin for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its 'animation-set' shortcode in versions up to and including 1.0.0.
This vulnerability arises because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape user-supplied attributes in the shortcode_args_to_html_attrs() function. Specifically, it concatenates shortcode attribute values directly into double-quoted HTML attributes without using the esc_attr() function.
As a result, authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the injected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability allows an attacker with contributor-level access or above to inject malicious scripts into WordPress pages.
When other users visit these pages, the injected scripts execute in their browsers, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions.
Because the attack is stored, the malicious script persists on the site and affects all users who view the compromised content.