CVE-2026-16068

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Description

The Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not properly restrict who can modify its site-global design data and does not sanitise part of that data before outputting it, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to store arbitrary JavaScript that is then served unsanitised on the site's front-end pages and executes in the browser of every visitor, including administrators.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): WPScan
CVSS severity: —
CVSS score: —
CVSS vector: —
Effective score: no score available from CNA, NVD, or AI yet
CWE(s): CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Reserved: 2026-07-17
Published: 2026-08-04 06:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-08-04 17:39 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/16xxx/CVE-2026-16068.json

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Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Unknown	Brizy	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5eecbc1-1e6b-4915-9b42-869219db8ea6/ exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-16068.json.

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