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CVE-2026-1395: Gutentools <= 1.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slider Block Attributes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Gutentools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post Slider block's block_id attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping combined with a custom unescaping routine that reintroduces dangerous characters. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• Gutentools: through 1.1.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutentools/tags/1.1.3/core/blocks/post-slider.php#L232
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutentools/trunk/core/blocks/post-slider.php#L232
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutentools/trunk/core/gutentools_block.php#L123
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3476597/gutentools/trunk/core/blocks/post-slider.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2683b4e-b993-4c84-b7cc-a2cb511b4097?source=cve

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