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CVE-2026-109973

📛 CVE Title

Flipbox <= 3.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'flip-box-image-upload-url-01-alt' Parameter

Description

The Image Hover Effects Ultimate Visual Composer (Flipbox - Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'flip-box-image-upload-url-01-alt' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the plugin saving the image-alt field through sanitize_text_field() in Inc/Style22::register_child() (and Inc/Style18, 19, 20, 25, 29) — which preserves the double-quote character — and then concatenating the stored value into a double-quoted HTML attribute in Public_Render/Style22::default_render() (and the corresponding Style18/19/20/25/29 renderers) with no esc_attr() escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above (when an administrator has delegated the plugin's 'Who can edit' capability via the plugin Settings page, or on multisite installations where even administrators lack unfiltered_html), to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses any page containing an affected [oxilab_flip_box] shortcode or block.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
Wordfence
CVSS severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
CVSS 6.4 / 10 6.4 6.4 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Effective score
6.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-79
Reserved
2026-10-13
Published
2026-11-07 12:27 UTC
Last updated
2026-11-07 18:05 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/109xxx/CVE-2026-109973.json

Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
oxilab Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay 0 (affected) —

Vendor references (6)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-109973.json.

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