Description
The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html capability, such as on multisite) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of any visitor viewing affected pages.
Published: 2026-08-10
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EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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Description The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html capability, such as on multisite) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of any visitor viewing affected pages.
Title Advanced Excerpt < 4.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Ellipsis Setting
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T06:00:14.907Z

Reserved: 2026-06-29T12:02:15.230Z

Link: CVE-2026-13701

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Updated: 2026-08-10T07:30:14Z

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