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CVE-2026-93535: WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme <= 5.3.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'icon_light' Shortcode Attribute

• 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: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icon_light' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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

• wppool Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme: through 5.3.17

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3704136/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/023b70db-da91-4a35-9d1f-9c90534f29d0?source=cve

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